RUSSIAN JEWELS
THE SALES IN LONDON
NOT IMPERIAL GEMS
Tsy Telesrapn-Preßß ABsoctation-OopyrliM London, Sentember 15. According to tho firm of jewellers who purchased the alleged Russian, Crown jewels, which were sold to provide the funds for tho proposed "Daily Herald" subsidy, they were not Crown jewels. Tho firm states that it bought them in the ordinary course of business, quite unaware of their origin, for nearly ,£30,000. The jewels were of poor quality, badly marked, and in a. dirty condition. The stones prove not to be Imperial jewels, and are more likely to nave belonged to a middle-class family. Two of the biggest stones were yellow Cape diamonds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CLOTH PURCHASES IN YORKSHIRE. London, September 15. Although commercial negotiations with the British Government are temporarily suspended, Krassin reports that he has purchased an enormous quantity of cloth, valued at a million sterling, through three Yorkshire firms, for the Russian people, who at present ore mostly clothed in rags.—Aus.-N.Z.'Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 305, 18 September 1920, Page 7
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160RUSSIAN JEWELS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 305, 18 September 1920, Page 7
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