TREASURE ISLAND

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 April 1934, Page 7

TREASURE ISLAND

REPORTS NOT CONFIRMED. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, April 13. The “Sun” to-night published a ■story concerning the pirate gold in the Tuamotu Archipelago, mentioned in a message from Montreal yesterday. The “Sun” states that Harold Sampson, of North Sydney, who returned from Tahiti by the Maunganui on April 7. declares that he is an Australian, and is a member of a London syndicate which is the only one searching for fourteen tons of gold, worth approximately £5,000,000, on an island of the Tuamotu Archipelago. He insists that it cannot be true that the treasure has been found, as cabled yesterday. He says: When I left, we had found a spot, where, according to certain markings, the treasure should be hidden, but it was inaccessible to ordinary methods of discovery. We believe we are on the point of success. My return to Sydney is to purchase sand pumps and other' equipment necessary for penetration of the sand where I believe there is gold hidden. The plant, should be delivered at this remote island before the end of the month.” The Mexican Consul here, who spent three years at Tahiti, declared that the search for buried treasure at Tuamotu has been carried on for a hundred years. He added that thero was no doubt that it exists, but it was scarcely possible that it had yet been discovered. VANCOUVER, April 12. The “Sun” correspondent states: There is no confirmation in the United States or here regarding the report of a find of Tuamotu treasure.