MINES OFF AUSTRALIA.
DISCOVERY OF A FIELD. ' DANGER OF DRIFTING. B A. and N.Z MELBOURNE. Oct. 16. d I Further mines have been discovered on I the Australian coast. The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Joseph Cook, has announced that the operations of minesweepers revealed a minefield five miles fcoath of Gabo Island, off Cap". Howe, on the Victorian-New South Wales boundary, i laid in deep water in an oper. situation. Probably some have dragge. Rom their original positions. Long operations will bo necessary to ensure that all are destroyed. I Mr. Cook assures shipping that there is I no danger provided masters carefully ' i adhere to their route orders. 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 7
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