“THE AMBERGRIS KING”
STEWART ISLAND PERSONALITY MISSING. •• Dominion ''l-eciyi service Dunedin, December 30.
News received from Stewart Island states that the absence of Mr. Adam Adamson, known as the "Ambergris King.” is causing concern to his many friends. Mr. Adamson, who has a camp at Doughboy Bay, is a returned soldier and lives practically a hermit's existence. His main occupation is prospecting and searching for ambergris, an occupation he has followed for many years with very successful results. He is believed 'to have left Doughboy Bay for Mason’s Bay in a dinghy on Sunday, December 22, and nothing has been heard of him since that date. A search party has been organised to work the rugged coast of the island between Doughboy Bay and Mason's. Bay, and until it returns to Halfmoon Bay the cause of Mr. Adamson's absence can only be a mutter of conjecture. He is known to be an expert bushman as well as experienced in handling a boat.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 2
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