A DUBIOUS ERRAND.
A Californian paper received by the has the following :—“ Captain Thomas O’Malley Baines, of Fenian renown, has A ustralia by the steamer City of New York, for the purpo.-e of raising a treasure of £60,000, buried by Frank Gardiner, a notorious Australian bushranger. Gardiner, previous to bis imprisonment, had buried the swag obtained by':countless robberies about a mile from the Fish River, in a clearing
between Goulburn and Bathurst, New South Wales. After his release lie came to San Francisco, but vigilance of the Australian police compelling him to leave his booty behind. Here he has become a total wreck. The only person who befriended him was Baines, and knowing that he had but a short time to live, lie confided to him the whereabouts of the deposit, which is said to consist of gold coins, bills, and jewellery. He has furnished Baines with accurate plans and diagrams of (he buried treasure, which is to go entirely to him, with the condition that he shall provide for Gardiner during his lifetime.”
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Kumara Times, Issue 1102, 12 April 1880, Page 3
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174A DUBIOUS ERRAND. Kumara Times, Issue 1102, 12 April 1880, Page 3
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