£2,000 Worth Of Gold
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Stolen
AN ingot of gold, valued at approxi mately £2,000, was stolen from a safe in the office of New Guinea Goldfields, Limited. Wau, on the night of Thursday, July 28. Beyond the fact that the safe had been broken open, there appears to be no clue to the method of the robbery and th,e persons engaged in it.
It is believed, however, that it is im possible to transport a gold ingot of this size from the Territory without discovery; and, since July 29. all persons leaving the Territory are being subjected to police examination. The airmail liners especially have been given close inspection. The New Guinea police, however, recognise the possibility that the thieves may re-smelt the gold, or bury it until the crime is partially forgotten.
Captain J. Ogilvie Graham, R.N. (Rtd.), who in 1921 was appointed commander of H.M.C.S. “Pioneer” in Fiji and Hon.
A.D.C. to Sir Cecil Rodwell, then Gov ernor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, and who served in the Colony until 1924, died recently at Tumut, N.S.W.