A HUNT FOR TREASURE
AT AUCKLAND ISLAND. <Bs Tfcleerauh—Pres.* . Association.* - Invercargill, September 29. m m cu^er Enterprise'returned to the Bluff yesterday after a search for the .gold on the General Grant wreck at the Aucldands, half a century ago. I 1 or three months Captain Catling and his party explored .the coast line/ using a centreboard carioe in. the hazardous work, and located.a cavern where it is supposed General Grant sank. On several occasions the party had narrow escapes, and the canoe was wrecked. Tho party returned for. provisions, and ! the new launch Enterprise was fitted out with the most complete diving, electrical, and observation equipment south of the Line, including air compressors, which supply tl\o diver with aiT for two hours without pumping. Captain Catling leaves in a few weeks to renew his search, aud is sanguine' of success. •
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2580, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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140A HUNT FOR TREASURE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2580, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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