From "Niagara"
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More Gold May Be Recovered From "Niagara"
WHEN the liner “Niagara” was sunk off the eastern New Zealand coast in 1940 by a magnetic mine, en route from Auckland to Suva, she was carrying raw gold from Australia to the United States worth many millions of pounds.
The Australian diver, John Johnstone (who recently did such good service in the refloating of the Wanganella) recov ered most of that gold from the “Niagara,” where she lies under 438 feet of water: but there are still 35 gold bars, worth £135,000, in the wreck.
Mr. Johnstone is going back shortly after that gold, with a new steel diving bell which he has designed for the pur pose.
The death occurred on March 26, at Bellevue Hill, Sydney, of Mrs. Allan, the mother of Colonel H. T. (Blue) and Mr.
K. T. Allan, of New Guinea.