THE ELINGAMITE'S LOST TREASURE.
ANOTHER EFFORT AT RECOVERY. [BT TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Friday. The auxiliary schooner Emma Sims has been chartered by a Wellington businessman, who has made the necessary arrangements for proceeding to the Three Kings to endeavour to recover the treasure which went down in the steamer Elingamite, which was wrecked on November 9, 1902. Several efforts have been made to recover the treasure, whioh is valued at between £17,000 and £18,000, but none have so far been attended with success. It is that the expedition is to leave Wellington about the end of next week. Tie men who have undertaken the project have spared no effort in fitting out the expedition. A diver from Thursday Island nas been engaged, and everything possible done to ensure the success of the venture.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5
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133THE ELINGAMITE'S LOST TREASURE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5
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