TELEGRAMS.
PEARLS IN OYSTERS. [Br Tbisgbaph. — Speoijj. to Thb Poit.] AUCKLAND, This Day. During the present oyster season quite a number of pearls have been found in oysters taken from the beds in the Hau"raki Gulf and the Bay of Islands. They ha\ T e, however, no intrinsic value, being mostly little black psarls streaked with white, which iire useless from a jeweller's standpoint. Yesterday an employee of an Auckland fish and oyster tirm made an interesting discovery. In three shells he found pearls, one of which conforms in two respects to the requirements of a ,good .marketable pearl. It is as big as a pea, is a perfect pear shape, and is white. Its "orient" is also tolerable, but it has its fault: viewed from one side it is a nice lustrous pearl, but on the other side it 'has a greyish black speck, which detracts greatly from any value it may have possessed. It is the intention of the finder to have it made into a scarfpm.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1908, Page 3
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169TELEGRAMS. Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1908, Page 3
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