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The Fiji Times The crew of the yacht Aquila. Picture: FT FILE The Tongan treasure boat, Aquila, arrived in Fiji on January 4 1970 to rendezvous with its owner Colin Prast. The Aquila was believed to be the boat from which Mr Prast and two other New Zealanders, Mr B.J Curtis and Mr R.H. Rossiter found treasure of the English privateer Port-au-Prince. Port-au-Prince sank in Tongan waters in 1806 with about 30 tonnes of bullion, and gold and silver ornaments on board. It was reported the New Zeal...

The end of the West Side Grounds, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Feb 15, 2021, 2:36am CST + .......... Everyone loves shiny, new ballparks -- especially shiny, new Major League parks. But every new park leaves an old one behind, an old one that more often than not is demolished. Baseball fans mourn the loss of Ebbets Field who werent even alive when it was torn down. Tiger fans still cherish Tiger Stadium. Yankee fans miss the original Yankee Stadium. Pirates fans wax nostalgic about Forbes F...

As were ushering out our swing to the right with the departure of President Donald J. Trump and ushering in our swing to the left with President Joe Biden Jr., local tunesmith Ted Waterhouse (The Howlie Playboys, Catalina Eddy and the Blue Keys, The Hot & Cool Orchestra, The Tequila Mockingbirds, The Jump Jax) decided after the insurrectionist storming of the Capital that the time was right to revisit one of his earlier songs. click to enlarge ...

car initially told police she was the driver. days after the accident, she met with prosecutors and plan guilty to a accessory after the fact getting five years suspended and 18 months suspended to testify against him, saying they switched places after driving away from the scene. >> we did not have enough evidence to prove he was driving. >> jurors took less than an hour to deliberate. they told us they did not have the proof. dunns attorney says the jury got it right and his client i...