AMBERGRIS FOUND.
PIECE WEIGHS 21 LB.
FAIRLY GOOD QTT.4T.TTY,
(From Our Correspondent.)
HAMILTON", Tuesdav. A piece of ambergris, weigh in c 211b, was found by Messrs. A. J. Parker and T. Cockroft, of Hamilton, on the Maiora Beach, four miles north of the Waikato Heads, on Sunday. The ambergris was lying well above high-water mark, and indications were that it had been washed up quite recently. When the substance was submitted to an expert he confirmed the view that it was ambergris, and that it was of fairly good quality. Arrangements for the disposal of the ambergris have been made, but its value is uncertain, and depends on the amount of amberrine 4it contains, and the present market quotations, which are not available in New Zealand.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 11
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