HOARD OF SOVEREIGNS
CLAIMED BY GERMAN. (United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 3. Herman Thiel, just returned from Germany, claims £213, found by a Boy Scout in the shape of sovereigns and half-sovereigns, in a bottle buried on the shore at Sirius Cove, Mosman, in October last. The treasure was handed to the police. Thiel says he withdrew the money from the banks in 1915, and buried it for safety, as he mistrusted the bank. Last year he tried to find the spot, but the sewerage works had disturbed the landmarks. He dug around for weeks fruitlessly, and then sailed for Germany. Three weeks later a Boy Scout unearthed the hoard.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18490, 4 February 1930, Page 9
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112HOARD OF SOVEREIGNS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18490, 4 February 1930, Page 9
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