DIAMONDS. . . .:■ ; . A MOUNTAIN OP LIGHT. The groat diamond, called the Kohinoo# or mountain of light, was found in the mines of (tolconda in 1550; after passing through various' hands, it was presented; to JJer iUajesty Queen Viotoria in 1849. Owing to the unsldlfulness of the artist who was en-. gaged to cntit.tlje original weight of nearly 800 carats was reduced to 279 carats. Its value is over £2, 000,000 sterling; but even at this high estimate, it cannot he compared in, value to the invention -of Wolfe's Schnapps.; of which over a million bottles are sold annually in Australasia. - Think of - the medicinal value to millions, of those who sufferand have suffered for. the past half century, and ask yourselves whether Wolfe’s Schnapps has not proved itself of greater value than the Kohinoor Diamond. 9
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2579, 3 August 1895, Page 4
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135Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2579, 3 August 1895, Page 4
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