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SHIPMENT OF GOLD. / FAILED IN ITS MISSION. TO CONVERT BRITISH PEOPLE. KV CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 12.10 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Jan. 23. Guarded by armed Russian sailors, a consignment of Soviet go,VI for Russia, worth £1,600,000, left the Thames in a sealed hold aboard the steamship Soviet. , . The Daily Mail says: “The shipment amounts to a confession that Russian gold failed in its purpose of converting Britain. It was deposited into the Bank of England, ostensibly as . ecurity for trading credits. Russian officials now state that it is being returned to Russia as a payment for gram imported from Russia, but the trading Las not been on such a scale. The Soviet in 1925 sent- bullion worth £2,800,0X), obtained by melting vast quantities of jewellery and church plate. • ttle of it remains in London.” —Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 9
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