THE SECOND MINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1918, Page 6

THE SECOND MINE.

S'VliKl'lXCi OPKIIATIOXS ACTIVELY I'iiOCEKDIXq (From Uur Own Cone-pimucnt). Wellington. b'eb. 18The discovery of a second mine off Capo Kareireil was announced yesterday in a 1 j rit'ollicial statement. Sweeping <>|ht<iliuus art! proceeding actively, and will lie continued as loiiy a.; there is auv chance of undiscovered mines remaining in the shallow waters in the neighborhood of the New Zealand eoast. Hut. it docs not appear that the naval authorities have to deal with a minefield in the ordinary sense of the term. The ship from which they were laid probably possessed no larje supply. Regarding the source of these mines the authorities have nothing at all to say. It is understood that the mines are of the same type as those discovered oil' the Australian eoast, and the assumption is that they came from the same ship. The authorities, it is understood, do not believe that the vessel responsible foi- 1 !"■ lr"visited any of the Dominion ports. Kumors of t' presence of raiders ;n luc I'acilie have already found their way into -newspapers f ? i';," : 1 ■ The authorities have not decided to re-open the inquiry into the destruction of (lie Port Kembla, although it is realised that the discovery of tlie mines throws on that incident.