All IS NOT GOLD...
GALLEYS on LAKE-BED HAVE
LEAD PLATES
MUSSOLINI DISAPPOINTED
ROME, Tuesday. The Prime Minister. Signor Mussohas ordered the cessation of operations at Lake Nemi. he two uncovered Caligula galleys sre found to have been built of wood Jeered with lead plates, instead of traditional gold.
Tin 6 Rome correspondent of the lft'V h x^res>s - ,> writing on March 29, it r , scr ibed the pumping operations v Nemi and the emergence oIJJy l . he sinking water of the poop bepn HT 551 Sa of Caligula. It had thss n /-.L Ubmer^c d since the beginning of Christian era. He said: -This was d„^f limax of many months of work hav ln§ v. the waters of the lake n . ® been slowly pumped away by C li er f u l electric pumps. It was the tetU ax * *°°- °f five centuries of atto salvage the two Roman ves--3 on tho lake s bed.
Cable Jottings ]
explorers delated. —owin? th. a ri erse weather it is probable that “* sc °very with Sir Douglas Mawwill not arrive at Adelaide ' at « Tuesday.
POPULATION 1 C. ROWS. — 2® w °tld's population is estimated at than 2,000.u00.0u0. This is an inuaT** ot <00.000.000 in 20 years. Asia of 050,000,000, America A,,.. 00 ', 000 - Africa 150.000,000 and * Us traiia 7,000,0u0. . i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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215All IS NOT GOLD... Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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