TARNISHED BRACELET.
TALE OF A TAXICAB. MRS. WATERHOUSES JEWELS. WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR FOUND. (By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright,)
(Received 2 p.m.) ADELAIDE, December 8. Some months ago Mr. Cochran, a taxicab proprietor purchased a car from another city owner. Finding a difficulty in raising a window lie discovered a tarnished bracelet at the bottom of the aperture. He thought it valueless, and gave it to his children to play with. Later he offered it to a dealer for 15/, which was refused. Subsequently the dealer returned and offered him £50. which he refused. . Mr. Coehran then took the bracelet to a diamond merchant, and was informed that each of the 47 stones was a diamond of the value of,£3 each, set in platinum. The total vaiue was £140. The police next stepped in and found the owner, Mrs. Waterhouse, who was under the impression she had dropped the bracelet out of a taxi window driving home in 1924.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Issue 291, 9 December 1925, Page 7
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