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    Advertising Department - Staff Magazines - "Bank Notes" - March 1942 - December 1944 (quarterly) - 1918 - 1959

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    [...]AND DANGERS


    W HEN the purser of the R.M.S. "Niagara," out-
    ward hound from Auckland to Vancouve[...]room of the ship, Soon after the "Niagara's" loss a syndicate was
    probably he said to himse[...]sound, and then loaded with salvage equipment.
    "Niagara" struck an enemy mine and sank in deep[...]rds, explosives
    it was the gold on the stricken "Niagara!" every square inch was chock-a-bl[...]boat. Why it did not explode is a
    From the "Niagara" £2,379,000 was[...]
    [...]paste-board model was made of the section of the "Niagara" anchors were continually dragging. Natu[...]
    [...]n a conservative grey suit, stiff collar, pince-
    "Niagara," and then downwards at a severe slant[...]
    [...]th a cigarette box made from the tim-
    ber of the "Niagara," and an illuminated address-.
    "Australia will be[...]ers.
    And deep down in the mud and slime, the
    "Niagara" lay — a weird, pathetic shape. Under[...]
    [...]worked on the minimum balance for three months,
    Niagara Falls. With a tremendous roar millions of[...]
    [...]out during the year, the most successful shooter
    "Niagara's" strongroom, and plate had been shifted[...]
    [...]New York with a night in Toronto en route. Niagara
    Sgt. N. F. Clifton was home on leave r[...]
    [...]ving in New day and night in Toronto, a day at Niagara Falls
    York at 7 p m. As it happene[...]
    [...]a good car than a good house. We also saw Niagara
    cally grounded from flying. Later I found[...]
    [...]of over, or, should we say, across the Niagara Falls.
    good wishes.[...]

    MD

    Gold beneath the sea - the story of the R.M.S. Niagara

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