Not all Dust.
London city dust still affords ample scope for the golden dustmen. The women and boy sorters at Letts' Wharf, where the dust and refuse are carted, find many valuable articles. Among the waste sorted out during the twelve months ending September last were cheques for the following amounts: • £40, £28 18s, £81 10s, £42 14s, and £8. A reward of two or three shillings was given to the finders. A dividend-warrant for £27 brought a re* ard of 53. A demand-note for £ 000 was among the discoveries, a."id a guinea was allotted to the sorter. A promissory note for £706 brought a reward of ss. A good deal of money is also picked up. A gold ring was found, and among the other things discovered have been shares in American railway companies, watches, photographs, sets of false teeth, and opera glasses. Such articles are returned if the owners can be traced. Useful materials sifted from the dust are sold, a twelvemonth's paper bringing £541 17s ; rags, £47 10s ; bottles, £84 16s; string, £1818?; and books, £24.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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179Not all Dust. Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 3
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