QUEST OF A FORTUNE
DUNEDIN FATHER AND SON. DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND. Dunedin, July 4. Two Dunedin men in quest of a fortune left for the north to-day to connect with a steamer for England. They were Mr. J. C. McLaughlan and his son, Mr. W. C. McLaughlan. The son was a redcap porter at Dunedin railway station when information was received . from Horae that the family had a claim to what was considered, to be a fortune valued at £1.000.000.
Later mails apparently brought more Important and authentic advice, since, following on financial assistance received, the father and son have booked passages by a vessel leaving Wellington on Saturday. The amount of the fortune Is not known, as even among his workfellows.tho son said little of the prospects of changing hick. Reports have varied as to the sum as stake, some placing it as high as £3,000,000. That the fortune is not so extensive as many have reported is deduced from the fact that the porter has applied , for leave of absence only from his duties at th® railway station.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1929, Page 2
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180QUEST OF A FORTUNE Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1929, Page 2
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