German Instruments On Australian Beach
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The military authorities announced that two tins containing scientific depth-sounding instruments o£ German origin have been washed up at the Wollongong and Stanwell Park beaches on the south coast. The discoverer of one of the tins is in hospital. After finding the tin he attempted to open it with an axe. With the first blow the instruments exploded, showering him with fragments of metal. A warning has been issued to bathers to treat the instruments with care should they happen to find others. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED Received Thursday, 11.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The mystery associated with the German depth-finding explosives found on the south coast 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 twenty miles out to sea but apparently the tide had carried some ashore.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 4, 5 January 1940, Page 7
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