MINEFIELDS LAID

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 178, 31 July 1940, Page 6

MINEFIELDS LAID

NORTHERN APPROACHES TO AUCKLAND DEPARTMENT INDICATES DANGER ZONES [ Per Pres* AMoriction 1 WELLINGTON, July 30. The Marine Department advises that the northern approaches to Auckland are dangerous because of mines. The limits of the area mined are Needles Point, Great Barrier Island, in the direction of 273 degrees to Sail Rock, thence 000 degrees for 18 miles, thence 093 degrees to a position 000 degrees 18 miles from Needles Point, Great Barrier Island. Mariners are warned that the area enclosed by lines joining the above positions is dangerous because of mines. Ships, including small craft and fishing vessels, enter at their peril until further notice. The water approaches to Colville Channel from the southern end of Great Barrier Island in the vicinity of and to the seaward of Cuvier Island and south to the Mercury Islands is dangerous because of mines. Entrance to Auckland through the Colville Channel may be made after obtaining instructions from the Marine Department.