" PHILOSOPHER'S STONE."
THRILLING " DISCOVERY » OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR «OLD. With all reserre the glad tidings of the discovery of the Philosopher's Stone is published by the Borne "Tribuna" in a tele* gram from its Florence correspondent. According to this gentleman a certain Titus Fabiani has received a message from his son, now in .Paris, declaring that he haa compounded a wonderfur~metal posseesr ing not only the colour of gold, but all its properties, and has "sold it to a syndicate in which the Rothschilds are taking equal shares with a Belgian company. The substance, adds the correspondent, can be manufactured at comparatively small cost. It also has the properties of radium. According to documents which the Florence correspondent has had the opportunity of reading, £80.000 of the purchase price of ±5240,000 is payable at once, £40,000 in shares of' the new company. The remainder is to be paid at the rate of £20,000 ti year. ' This stimulating narrative is headed by the "Tribuna" with a large note of interrogation. ■' '■- - -..,•■•
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8163, 10 November 1904, Page 2
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