DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD STOLEN FROM THE AIREDALE.
By a gentleman, just arrived overland from Nelson,, we learn that the specie missed from the steamer Airedale has been discovered sunk, with a loop of rope about nine or tenfeet long attached, alongside the Government wharf, in about 20 feet of water. The loop itself was weighted to prevent its floating ancf so leading to its discovery. The sovereigns were contained in two boxes, each of which was sunk in the manner described. Several persons in connection with the steamer are still in custody, oil suspicion.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 860, 6 February 1861, Page 4
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95DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD STOLEN FROM THE AIREDALE. Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 860, 6 February 1861, Page 4
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