HOARDED WEALTH.
DISCOVERY AFTER FIRE. SYDNEY, Nov. 1. Firemen raking over the debris of a mixed store at Leichardt which today was gutted by Are discovered a huge quantity of gold, silver, and copper coins and partly burned banknotes representing 35 years’ savings of Mr James Hunt, who carried on business there.
The police also discovered a large quantity of valuable jewellery which, like the coins, had been secreted in seats, chairs, and other hiding places. The wealth was conveyed by the police to a bank in buckets.
The police recovered 340 sovereigns which are now worth about £6BO.
MORE DISCOVERIES
Received November 2, 11.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 2. At the Leichardt fire a second batch ot sovereigns was found. This brought the total to 800/ and the bundles of notes found, some mould encrusted, amount to £3OOO.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 288, 2 November 1934, Page 9
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