GOLD FROM THE HEAVENS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 108, 31 January 1935, Page 8

GOLD FROM THE HEAVENS

Someone in England will be feeling very pleased about tbe safe recovery of ;£16,000 worth of gold which was dropped from an aeroplane in a storm. If the aeroplane had had its fuselage torn over the Channel there might have been a different ending to one of those unfortunate accidents which so rarely turn out happily. It is just as well that the boxes fell in a deserted part of Flanders. As the gold when found had been buried two feet underground the effect of its fzjll on a French town would certainly have been alarming, and , would probably have involved an immediate rush to one of the new bomb-proof shelters, unless the bursting of the boxes allowed avarice to get the better of fear. The idea of gold dropping from the heavens is not a new one, but when in mythological days Danae received a visit from gold which was later to resolve itself into Zeus, it was not two large and heavy boxes, but a gentle shower which descended through the ceiling. Since those days less precious commodities have fallen with the rain in various parts of the world, but gold is only just coming back into popularity, and it is not likely to be heartily welcomed unless dropped in a form which would not be so destructive to umbrellas. The owners arc fortunate to receive their property back again; if the gold had fallen at the foot of a rainbow blame for its misappropriation could scarcely have been attached to anyone.