Alleged Salting with Iron Filings.
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aryst'ory has Teaohed here through asoiu^^s which cannot ,ue; dpubf ed,' in mktffi'iffifjStt parcel <bf gold*. from Western -Awstm^m forwarded toTfjie Melbourne Mint. vOT«|| paroel weighed 400oz ; but the assay by th£f| Mint sKoWed,; that the actual quantityibfjf gold contained/an average of half a penny?)?! weight per Ounce, or lOoz altogether. ; : Tnaff remaining ounces of the parcel consisted i>t\& iron. Tho t-uppoeed value of the paroel:^ was £1600' but the actual value proveoVtbX be only £40. ."-•, -XX
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 181, 3 August 1896, Page 2
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91Alleged Salting with Iron Filings. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 181, 3 August 1896, Page 2
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