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EXPERIENCES AT RABAUL. FAILURE OF GERMAN MIMES. WHEAT SEIZURE. RIFLE CLUBS FORMED. Sydney, January 21. Colonel Holmes states that when tJe Australian troops rushed the wireless
station at habaul, mines previously laid by the Germans failed to explode. The men continually marched over them, and they were finally exploded on his orders. The mine was formed with a six-inch iron pipe, fifty feet long, and filled with dynamite, and above the pipe were stones and iron bolts. The whole was buried a foot beneat'i the road and 70 feet was ripped up, stones being hurled a hundred feet into the air. An unnamed Labor league, communicating with Mr. Ashford, commends the wheat and suggests that the Government should seize wool in the same way. Mr Ashford says that legislation dealing with the (matter is unlikely at present. Farmers' Limited is the first business firm to form a rifle club among its employees. "MORIi BABY-KILLING!" Received 21, 8.5 p.m. Sydney, January 21. The Telegraph heads a leader on the Zeppelin raid, "More Baby-killing!" CABLE NEWS DELAYED. Received 22, 12.20 a.m. Sydney, January 22. I Interruptions in the telegraphs are delaying cablo news.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 5
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192Australia Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 5
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