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silver find at galatea
kiwikeith  
Posted : Saturday, 27 February 2016 2:21:15 PM(UTC)
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imfo from...."galatea faces the future" page 9

march 10 1890 mr Michael ford read report in the bop times silver was found in the rangitaiki river near galatea.
long story short the natives wouldn't show him where
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Posted : Tuesday, 1 March 2016 4:04:40 PM(UTC)
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Could it have been melted down from his own table ware, mmmm......
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