A BIG HAUL.
Tbe contents of forty warehouses nnd barracks in the Coblenz region, crammed with millions of dollars' worth of war materials, abandoned by the Germans, will revert to the United States by default, says an American correspondent. The suppUeu were not inventoried by the enemy and can not be turned over to the Allied pool under ' the armistice terms. The materials range from needles and ■ son.books to huge guns, locomotives and - shells. The salvagers have begun shipping lithe best of them luto France, including a ' trnluload of machine-guns, ammunition, and i accessories. Thirty carloads of German - helmets will constitute a special shipment i to the United States for use as advertise- ■ meats ln the next Liberty Loan*
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 105, 3 May 1919, Page 19
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119A BIG HAUL. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 105, 3 May 1919, Page 19
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