LOXKI.Y MAN'S KOARP. I .ONPOX, Aug. A. W'lii'ii I ’ll i 1 i n Riles, 37. who fur many years had lived in a cottage in a pour district of Southampton known as Mil-ler's-passage. died a few days ago in Shirley Warren .Infirmary, I’oor T.aw officials searched his house and discovered a hoard of gold and silver coins amounting to more than £"223. An official picked up a piece of wood and surprised at its weight, he found that it was hollow. When a piece of wood which covered the aperture was forced gold fell out. Silver and notes were in an old wooden trunk. In addition to the money, Savings Certificates and other seeuri. ties lor about £SO were found testerj day. The man had lived a lonely lili and one of practical destitution. Hi was buried by the parish authorities
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1925, Page 3
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