A CURIOUS FIND.
.../'^By.ToleßraDh.—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, August 10. " A curious find was. made in. the bush,near Tauranga a day or two . ago. Some sportsmen came," across an old Maori wharo ill which were-two - barrel's of gunpowder, which'were contained in an old, military chest.' 'Eicro 'were also ■ two: old-fashioned military . rifles arid some.old moulded lead bullets. The contents of.'the barrels had disintegrated into the original ingredients, the saltpetre, char-' coal; and' sulphur-lying-ill three layers. It is supposed this plant, has. lain undiscovered for 80 yeara. . ' " ' : ; .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 4
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84A CURIOUS FIND. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 4
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