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SUNKEN TREASURE FOUND

[Dunedin " Evening Herald,"] Authentio niwa has come io hand regarding the operations of the divers who located themselves at Waipapa Pom. with tho intentioa of recovering tho £7000 worth of silver whioh went down with the Tarutua. After a lengthened search they found tint the boxes m which the allver wus ot ntalned had left the strong room of tho vessel nn<l had found a lodgement at a groato. depth, frosu which, however, they oan bo lifted without much difficulty -if not whole, thou ihe contents can be brought to tho Burface piocomoal. Tnetf mostly ommf, by the way, ot cowne and foarpum.y pieces withdrawn fromoircuatioo. But when the whereaboutß of the silver was definitely set at rest an unexpected difficulty arose — the Government stopped m aad eaid to the divers : ' That silver belongs to uo, as do all things recovered from a certuin point below high water mark and wo caanot allow you to appropriate It, But we are willing that you Bboald receive a third of the booty ; tho baUno-j rauet oome our tray and enrich the Colonial Exohequer.' Tha divora who have baen on the spot fur four months, and have neoeßuarlly ex ponded a large cum of money In tto mroh naturally dont bob thlrgn through Government spectacles; and meantime the allver remalLß ut the bottom of the daop blue eea. No doubt (a»ys the Ensign) a Battlement will bo artivod at m due coarse. The divers hftvo aleo recovered nandry nrtloles of value m the ehapa of silver spoons, forks, glassware, etc., with whioh the illfated vesßel *as provided ; and they pronounce flotno lemoundo trut has huen securely corked under wator einoo 1881, equal to »nytblDg manufactured with all tha approved appliances..-

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 2

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SUNKEN TREASURE FOUND Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 2

SUNKEN TREASURE FOUND Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 2

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