FLOATING MINES
ADRIFT IN HAURAKI GULF.
A WARNING TO SHIPPING.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 27.
Three floating mines reported on Saturday to be adrift in the Hauraki Gulf between the Great Barrier and Little Barrier Islands, have _ not yet been recovered. All shipping is advised to keep a sharp look out for this danger, and a warning was broadcast at frequent intervals during the weekend. When the Monterey, which arrived this morning from Sydney, came down the coast in the darkness, a strict watch was kept, but nothing unusual was seen. . The Union Company's steamer Waimarino, which was scheduled to sail late on Saturday night for Lyttelton and Bluff, was delayed by the mines, and left at seven o’clock this morning in order not to be in the danger area during the hours of darkness.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1941, Page 2
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