HOARD OF SOVEREIGNS
CLAIMED BY GERMAN. (Australian Press Association) /SYDNEY, Feb, 3. Herman Thiol, Just returned from Germany, claims £213, found by a boy scout, in the shape of sovereigns arid hall-sovereigns in a bottle buried on the shore at Sims Cove, Mosman, In Ot-tober last. The treasure was handed to the police. , Thiel says he withdrew the money fyom'-’-the banks in 191.5 and buried it for safety, as lie mistrusted the Banks. Last year lie tried to find the spot, blit sewerage works bad disturbed the landmarks. He dug around for weeks fruitlessly and then sailed for Gernianly: Three weeks later a boy scout unearthed the hoard.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1930, Page 3
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108HOARD OF SOVEREIGNS Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1930, Page 3
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