_The Evening Post_, 15 Jan 1924:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
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Lost articles are sometimes unexpectedly recovered. Councillor W. H. Bennett, who is staying at
#Plimmerton with his family, had this pleasant experience on Sunday. Twelve months ago, when at Plimmerton, he lost his tramway pass, and he advertised for it on 26th December, 1922, without success. On Sunday last the missing pass was picked up on the beach by a boy and handed to Councillor Bennett, much to his astonishment. The pass had evidently lain buried in the sand for over twelve months, and had been at last revealed by the action of the waves. Being of gold, it was none the worse.
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