Picking up a pearl necklace in a gutter, Frank Deluca, a taxi driver in New York, was laughed at by his fellow-drivers, who told him it was no good, as they did not find real pearls as large as that. The finder took the pearls home for his niece to play with, but, hearing of a lost necklace belonging to Mrs Maude Metcalfe, a wealthy society, woman, he turned them in. They were worth £IO,OOO, and he was given £IOOO reward. The generous support accorded by Housewives throughout the Dominion has enabled ns to increase the size of our Is cartons of NO RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP (The Manufacturers).-Advt
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21032, 22 May 1930, Page 13
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108Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21032, 22 May 1930, Page 13
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