A GROSS FRAUD.
Auckland, This day,
A gross fraud is being perpetrated hero. Agents are selling a weak solution of nitric acid called Argentine at 5s per bottle, guaranteed to silver plate articles, but the polish wears off after tAvo or three days. . It is said that threepence worth of nitric acid will make 96 bottles of the mixture. Tho agents are about to visit the South, but they will probably be prosecuted before they leave.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4010, 29 May 1884, Page 3
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76A GROSS FRAUD. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4010, 29 May 1884, Page 3
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