FORTUNE RECOVERED
"LUCK OF A CHINAMAN"
£-1000 FX IJANK XOTKS
A lew (lays after the Lae area, in New Guinea, has been cleared of Japanese wreckage, two Chinese appeared with some off Leers and began pacing the ground a l'ew yards from an American engineer's tent. After a lot of discussion they began to dig. The Americans clustered round and watched them bring out a small and uninteresting box. The Chinese ;lu>wed signs of excitement,, wh.ch was explained when the lid was prised open, and they pulled out jMiOOO in neatly rolled notes. The Chinese were, merchants at Lae before the Japanese arrived, arid when the time to escape to Australia came, they decided it was :>;t'er to bury their funds than carry ■hem. For more than 18 months the Japanese had burrowed, and A 1 lied io-mbers had blown craters in the area without disturbing the cache.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 40, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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148FORTUNE RECOVERED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 40, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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