HOAX OX CORONER. I.OXDOX. Sept. ±2. Analysis of a Priti-h dye at lie' Covernment laboratory |>a> revealed a practical juke plated op a RuckiugImmsbire coroner, v, ho was about to. mak" ;l treasure trove inquiry after receiving a letter Raving ail the appearance of age and purporting !■, have been spin t o a ira-ml by a highwayman at a tittle when lie was but pursued l,v the p.diee. The letter, according to the annua! report just published, on the work <• the laboratory, gave minute directions for finding an iron box trammed with money and jewels and buried beneath a tree near a ljuekinglmmshire inn. The document was torn aided to the (Jovermoit. labora'lory. wuere tests showed the paper to have net-;; tort’ from an old Rible and the ancientlo thing ink to contain a red aniline dye. which could not date back tor mere than -1” years.
Tinned ejigs are ns uo«'d ns fresh d preserved with SI! AR LAND'S ‘‘MOA" BRAND EGG PRESERVATIVE. Out' bottle will do twenty dozen.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1923, Page 3
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170Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1923, Page 3
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