While digging at the Wbareroa aerodrome, Tauranga, workmen dug up a live 6in. shell, which was left ou the grass to be dealt with by the Defence Department. When officers of the Public Works Department later went to get full particulars of the find for the Defence Department and to see that the shell was taken to a place of safety, however, it was discovered, to be missing. The weight of the projectile is estimated to be 1001 b. It was uncovered from about 4ft. of ground and had a fuse attached. In view of the comparatively recent tragedy which attended an explosion in Takapuna, some concern is felt at the dis.aooearance of the shell,
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 148, 18 March 1939, Page 15
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115Untitled Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 148, 18 March 1939, Page 15
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