Mystery Gold.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1706, 13 July 1885, Page 3

Mystery Gold.

Ah London is alarmed and angry at the c i re,aa:;- r.s of a gang of corner? who have at: i a me-ms • i (a.h,,: m; uh na.a cc:n, scan acMcsthc cl.jsest scrutiny. An amalgam : on. c. j j'oa Mid p ;c murn, elec tr, (dated ~o al. ; loUttces a sovereign which is AM.cai in -.vcignt and r.ng with ti,-- true ■in. and dMa -. •'•p m": acid test and the ccrcsco; e. Cm i.,,u im; metal, however, ■- i gedd is found. There is small doubt .at icountry whi s, on be hooded with ;ese spurious com?, which it is impossible) ■r any,.:;;-but a chemical expert to delect d erations are um confined to sovereigns y, f.r anxits c-i jewellery are made, with r.tcu j awnbrokers have been victimised gi : and b ft. It is staled that at Ihighton .an oi mi.;, cleared over Ibiooo in a day r tv.ci.ahv loan ii;c pawnbrokers. In •nse ;nei.ce of the revelations which have von hr t.ghi ..at to the Courts, Australian v, reigns have come into great favour, as m, ti.etr o hour, tiu-re is more trouble in nu.iting iix.u. It is unhkeiv. however, .at such cAver rascals wiii not find a ■.cans 0! prr-dticiri ,■ cjuaily good represenit;ons 01 ti;e Colonial coins. It is believed :at sliver can also be imitated so as to defy .0 ac:d lest. There will he an excellent a ~ f a fortune for the enterprising v.> can discover a compound n;cn v.nti easily atal ipnckiy delect this b > sx;y g,.id. i; ;u:;\ be remark*l that a:;:.n;n by no meaim a cheap metal, so .a; the wit of tile cuimterleits cannot be