SOLUTION OF MYSTERY
DEPTH-FINDING BOMBS AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERY (Reed. Jan. 5, 9 a.in.) SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The mystery associated with the German depth-finding explosives found on the south coast as reported earlier to-day has been solved. The Customs Department explains that a large number of depth-finding bombs which had been in bond for many years, apparently taken from a foreign ship, had been dumped 20 miles out at sea, but apparently the tide had carried sbme ashore.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 7
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