MINE-SWEEPING
GREAT BRITISH UNDERTAKING THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED, By TeUssiaph —Pree-s Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z.' Cablo Association. LOiSDOxNj Alay 10. The" American ‘Press Agency learns that I-1,606 volunteers aboard 430 British mine-sweepers are now working clearing up a hundred thousand British mines laid during the war. It is hoped .hat the work will be completed by the ond of jSoveiuber. .Drifting niinoa an? prevalent, but are less dangerous than expected, us tho bow waves of boats turn the mines from impact.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10292, 29 May 1919, Page 6
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82MINE-SWEEPING New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10292, 29 May 1919, Page 6
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