RECORD PIECE OF AMBERGRIS
LUCKY FIND NEAR KA’IPARA HEADS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dargaville, January 11. A record piece of ambergris, estimated to weigh about 2241 b., was found at the Spit, near Kaipara Heads, yesterday, by Mr. V. Subritsky and his brother, who were motoring in the vicinity and noticed it in the tide. The piece was so large that ..they had difficulty in getting it-into the car. On their arrival at their beach camp it took four men to carry it. It was brought into the bank to-day and will be shipped to London. It is probably the largest single piece ever found in New Zealand, and at present market rates is worth several thousand pounds. i
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 92, 12 January 1929, Page 8
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118RECORD PIECE OF AMBERGRIS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 92, 12 January 1929, Page 8
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