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DISCOVERED IN OVERGROWN HEDGE. By Telegraph—Pro.. Asmcfatloa. J . NAPIER, July 11. Mr Frederick Roper, now of Waiheke, Auckland, who sold a farm in tlio Norsewood district nearly two years ago, left without a cashbox containing money and other valuables, which he had planted. He had forgotten its whereabouts: at the time, and was unable to find the box. He thought it must have been stolen, and reported to the police, who, however, were never able to find any trace of it.
A few days ago, the present occupier of the farm, when trimming an overgrown hedge, came across an old, rusty milk can, well under the hedge. As he rolled it, a cashbbx came out, and the finder handed it over intact to )the police. It was opened in Napier to-day, and was found to contain more cash than was originally reported missing. The box contained 33 sovereigns, 16 half-sovereigns, 31 one-pound notes, tlmee five-pound notes, one crown, approximately fivo ounces of gold, a gold nugget, three gold rings and valuab’e private papers. Mr Roper, no doubt, will soon be congratulating himself upon selling the farm to an honest man.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18007, 12 July 1928, Page 9
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