THE ELINGAMITE'S TREASURE.
A GOOD QUANTITY RECOVERED
AUCKLAND, December 30. r' A telegraphio message was received in >- Auckland from the north to-day by Cap- ,- tam.-M'l£enzie, the promoter of the expedi-tion,-intimating that the party which left <vA»ek!ancl -on the Claymore a fortnight ago ~- for the Kings* Islands to search for remainder of the -specie irom the lYreok of the Elingamite has recovered a ; ; "good quantity" of the treasure. The "• weather has -evidently* been favourable for l~,~fhe carrying out of diving operations, and -efforts of the party in this direction ~ i?pear- to have been very successful. /The S^tmount recovered on the present expedition r:-h» as yet not been ascertained. The \ , Claymore party considers # that the refit of -- $'» treasure . is now in .sight. The _&.lugamite, which was wrecked on Three- " "ICings on November 8, 1902, had on board 217,300 of speoie, of which about £2000 has '£ been recovered in the several attempts £~ which have been made prior bo the pre- | [ one. Cod-liver oil was recommended as a -Jemedy for chronic rheumatism by Dr Per- ' fttval In 1782; for disease of t)»» fa*-m about
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 38
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180THE ELINGAMITE'S TREASURE. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 38
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