GERMAN MINEFIELD OFF AUSTRALIA
STARTLING DISCOVT3BY BY MINESWEEPERS. Sydney, October 15. Fuxtlter mines hnve been discovered off the Australian coast. The Hon. J. Cook has announced that the mine-sweepers operations have revealed the existence of a minefield five miles south of Gobo Island (at the eastern extremity of the coast of Victoria). It has been laid in deep "water, in au open situation, and probabiV some of the mines have dragged from rtieir original positions. Long operations Trill bo necessary to ensure that afl tho mines arc destroyed.. JVir. Cook warns shipping that there is no danger provided that masters carcFully ndhero to their route orders.—.Pros* Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 19, 17 October 1917, Page 5
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