ARGOSY OF ART.
MYSTERY SHIP WITH PERSIAN TREASURE.
CARGO VALUED AT THREE MILLIONS. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PIRATES. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) LONOON, September 30'. Somewhere in the Bed Sea is a mystery ship hurrying to Britain, carrying Persian treasures valued at nearly three millions sterling for exhibition at the Royal Academy at the New Year. The ship is indeed an argosy of art, her cargo including jewel-encrusted swords, shields and sceptres. Some emeralds as large as a man’s hand are from the Shah’s Crown jewels. Other items are exquisite carpets, woven in gold and silver, silk from the famous mosques, and priceless manuscripts, miniatures and brocades transported from Teheran and. the Persian Gulf by air to avoid dangers - of breaking by camel transport over the mountain passes. Sir Denison Boss, one of the organisers, says the vessel’s name was not revealed owing to fears that pirates might waylay her.
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Wairarapa Age, 1 October 1930, Page 5
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