PIRATE TREASURE
FOUND BY POOR FISHERMAN. VANCOUVER, February 24. A message from Nassau in the Bahamas stales the police have reported that Gerald Fitzgerald, a povertystricken fisherman, found five bars of gold valued at 60,(MM) dollars buried in I lie rocks beneath a wild plum tree on tlie shore, of New Providence island. Apparently lhe gold is an ancient pirate l manure. The hiding-place was marked with a Freemason's insignia. The British Government, acquires approximately two-thirds of the gold’s value.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1932, Page 6
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80PIRATE TREASURE Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1932, Page 6
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