RIVAL SYNDICATES SEEK 1000 CARAT DIAMOND

SYNDICATES SEEK BIC CROWN GEM Rival Companies in Hunt for Diamond with 1000 Carats By International. New Service JOHANNESBURG Feb 1Two rival diamond syndicates are conduct ing vigorous searches lor a diamond of more than a thousand carats be lieved to be the missing half ol the famous Cullinan diamond which is now among the Crown jewels of Eng land Ever since the famous gem was discovered in 1905 there have been reports that the onehalf of the stone was stolen by a native and is still in his possession. The stone when first found weighed 3026 carats. The gem that is now among the Crown jewels and guarded night and day in the Tower of London has been divided into two sections one weighing 516 and the other 309 carats Each of the two rival syndicates now claim that it has definite in formation as to the whereabouts of the native who is believed to possess the missing half of the diamond whose value is too great to be esti mated in gold standards.

The Pre mier Diamond company who own the field where the Cullinan diamond was discovered are stated to have spent large sums in an effort.