["Current", The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld.), Saturday 26 January 1901, page 193S]
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The "Torres Straits Pilot" reports the finding recently of a splendid "button" pearl by the boats of the Tarawa fleet, the gem being almost perfect in lustre, weighing forty carats, shaped like a button, but of greater body; value, between £300 and £400. Another boat picked up a beautiful pearl also, similar in shape, and nearly as large; value, about £250.
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