MINE-SWEEPING.
WORK ON THE NEW ZEALAND COAST FINISHED. Auckland, Aug. IS. The mine-sweepers Geranium, Mallow, and Marguerite arrived from tho northern minefields yesterday. The Geranium and the Mallow went from Wellington to the North Cape, and the Marguerite, which had been at Auckland for docking, joined thetn there. The . three vessels spent ten days in thoroughly sweeping the minefields for any stray mines laid by the raider Wolf, but did not find any. This search ends the vessels' mine-sweep-ing work in New Zealand, and, after a stay of about nine days at Auckland to give the crews liberty they are to sail for Sydney, via Wellington. From Sydney it is understood they will go to sweep for minas off Gabo Island, and that will complete their work with the present crews. The vessels then will probably be handed over to the Australian Government, and the crews will be sent back to England.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1919, Page 8
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152MINE-SWEEPING. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1919, Page 8
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