BIG GOLD SHIPMENT.
QUARTER OF MILLION ARRIVES. Sy Telp»’*«’'h—-p-oe* WELLINGTON, Aoril 8. Fifty boxes, containing £250,000 in gold coin, comprised the most valuable portion of the cargo unloaded from the Maunganui soon after the vessel’s arrival from Sydney to-day. The shinment was consigned to the Bank of New South Wales. The boxes which were heavily constructed and about the size of a five-pound box of tea, were carried down a gangway from the forward portion of the ship, and loaded on to a motor lorry, over which two members of the police force kept guard.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18539, 9 April 1930, Page 10
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95BIG GOLD SHIPMENT. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18539, 9 April 1930, Page 10
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