BURIED FOR 108 YEARS
SEARCH FOR DOCUMENT AT STEWART ISLAND
(P.A.) Dunedin, Jan. 21. The search being conducted for a missing document proclaiming British sovereignty over Stewart, Island, which was buried in a bottle at Port Pegasus in 1840, has so far proved fruitless. Dr. Basil Howard, president of the Otago branch of the Royal Society, says that the most likely spot has already Iwm dug. New sites have been investigated by Dr Howard since he arrived at Port Pegasus with a scientific party from the Otago School of Mines on January 5. An adequate search of other areas is possible, but improbable as insufficient manpower and equipment are available.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14884, 22 January 1949, Page 2
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