While digging- on the site of an olii ■building long since burnt to the ground, Mr. J. Bayne, Koru, Taranaki, unearthed some old papers that had been burned in the fire but had retained their form and substance over a long period, it is understood that the building concerned was what was known as the Koru monastery and that it was burned down at. least 50 years ago. Some of the printing on the black, charred paper is still decipherable. It recorded various events in England and Spain last century.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 11
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90Untitled Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 11
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