STORY OF FORTUNE.
CLAIMANTS GOING TO ENGLAND. DUNEDIN, July 4. Two Dunedin men ip quest of fortune left for the north to-day to connect with a steamer for England. They were Messrs. J. C. McLaughlan and his son, Mr W. C. McLaughlan. The latter was a red-cap porter at the Dunedin railway station when information was received from Home that his family had a claim to what was considered to be a fortune valued at £I,OCO,COO. Later -mails apparently brought more important and authentic advice, since, following on financial assistance received, the father and son booked passages by a vessel leaving Wellington on Saturday. The amount of the fortune is not known a.s even among his work-fellows Mr McLaughlan, junr., said little of the prospects of changing luck. Reports have varied as to the sum at stake, some placing it as high as £3,000,000. That the fortune is not so extensive as many have reported is an argument which has been given substantiation by the fact that the porter has applied for leave of absence only from his duties at the railway station.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 184, 5 July 1929, Page 8
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183STORY OF FORTUNE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 184, 5 July 1929, Page 8
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