GOLD IN INDIAN RUINS
COINS OF £4OOO VALUE DISCOVERY BY POOR WOMAN BRIBES AROUSE SUSPICION. (United Press Association —By Kite trio Telegraph Copyright.,) CALCUTTA, Alay 2. A poor woman digging in ruins near Momma-bad, an ancient military encampment, fonud a brass vessel filled with gold coins valued at nearly £4OOO. She and her husband melted the gold into bars, but their sudden accession to wealth aroused the suspicions of the police, who arrested them. It is alleged they gave the officials “hush money” and the police concerned have been suspended pending an investigation.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 4 May 1934, Page 5
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