EMPRESS’ JEWELS
PRICELESS GEMS DETAINED .BY BROKER, AT LEG ED 1 TO' HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY .PAWNED. MADRID, Nov. 4. Tin* cx-Emp-ress Zita is suing a leading jewel broker in Madrid for the unlawful detention of many priceless jewels, including the Golden (Fleece cross of wc&rls estimated to he worth £1,000,030; also the famous Frankfort diamond. It is alleged that during the: royalties’ exile iui Switzerland Baron Steiner, Karl’s financial adviser._ contrary to instructions, dodged the jewels vor £BOO.OOO. Karl learned of tlio loss whew on his death bed. Among the missing treasures is the He.psburg opal, worth £200.000, known as “the cursed opal,” owing to its tragic history.—A. and N.Z.C.A,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9854, 6 November 1924, Page 5
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110EMPRESS’ JEWELS Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9854, 6 November 1924, Page 5
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