COCOS ISLAND TREASURE
ESTIMATE OF £20,000,000 MORE THAN £40,000 FOUND [fbom a special correspondent] LONDON, June 20 Altogether £20.000,000 is the ralutof the treasure to be found on Cocos Island, according to Captain Charles Oswald Polkinghorne, of Plymstock, who has arrived back in England from Costa Pica. Captain Polkinghorne spent some months with Treasure Recovery, Limited, searching the island nnd said he was convinced the treasure, is there. "I have been visiting Cocos since 1907," he added, "and I have seen some of the treasure located. More than. £40,000 has actually been discovered so far. The reason why the main hoard has not been found is that previous expeditious have adopted stupid methods. The treasure will never be found as long as expeditions just jump ashore and start scratching the beach at any odd spot." Captain Polkinghorne said he hoped to be able to make a very important announcement soon
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22466, 9 July 1936, Page 10
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