A curious thing about the street collection in Napier on Saturday is he fact that up till the completion of the count on Saturday evening tcoo florins were received. Stili more peculiar was the fact that the shilling* also totalled exactly 1000. When the sixpences were counted they also reached exactly 1000.
Advice from Johannesburg says the internment of Rand Germans at Delagoa has become a decisive factor in countering activities by a big gang of gold stealers. Four men of German descent were convicted in one week. It Is computed that the <old thefts hitherto amounted to annually, at least half J^vjfig pp jtQ ogrmjijß^
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 3822, 2 August 1916, Page 4
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