in the trooper uniform he wore when escorting the gold to Clyde, as recently described in “ Early Days in Central Otago.” The sergeant was stationed in Queenstown at the time of the famous gold robbery, and when the robbery was discovered left immediately to watch the Morven ferry punt, on the Kawarau River. We are indebted for this information and the loan of the photograph to Mr T Fitz Gibbon, from whom a letter appeared in our issue of October 7.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 43
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81in the trooper uniform he wore when escorting the gold to Clyde, as recently described in “ Early Days in Central Otago.” The sergeant was stationed in Queenstown at the time of the famous gold robbery, and when the robbery was discovered left immediately to watch the Morven ferry punt, on the Kawarau River. We are indebted for this information and the loan of the photograph to Mr T Fitz Gibbon, from whom a letter appeared in our issue of October 7. Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 43
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