Pearls In Cockles
On -reading a Christchurch ndwspaper report of the discovery by Mr. P. L. McMillan of a black pearl in a cockle from the bed of Saltwater Creek, Mr. C. Williams, of Gladstone Street, . Westport, produced a small bag containing several pearls, including three black ones, found by bim 30 years ago when he was eating cockles on the South Spit, near the mouth of the Buller River. Two of the black pearls are th© size of small peas. i
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 May 1948, Page 4
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82Pearls In Cockles Chronicle (Levin), 6 May 1948, Page 4
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