TREASURE HUNT

Southland Times, Issue 20586, 10 September 1928, Page 7

TREASURE HUNT

SECRET PASSAGE DISCOVERED. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, September 8. A treasure hunt begins in November as the result of Frederick Price, of Geelong, Victoria, who left Peel in the Isle of Man in the seventies, informing the Town Commiaaoners that when he was exploring caves he discovered a secret passage leading to the ruins of a castle. This is distinct from three passages already explored by treasurehunters inspired by age-long rumours of the hoards of Norsemen who ravaged the British and Mediterranean coasts. The Government has authorized Mr John Douglas, surveyor, Mr. Quillan, town clerk, and Mr Kermode, an antiquarian, to conduct an organized search, assisted by a prince’s plan of the passage. The occasional discovery of old coins to some degree supports the legend that the castle in 1266 was the stronghold of an Icelandic adventurer, Orry. a notable looter and subsequently of Celtic raiders and pirates and eighteenth century smugglers. The Government bought the building to stamp out smuggling. The ruins stand in seven acres of rocky ground containing etone age earthworks and burial mounds.—Australian Press Association.