Another War-Time Bomb

Washed Up In Fiji

From Our Own Correspondent (CONTINUING a notable career in the J disposal of the apparently inexhaust - :ible supply of unexploded American bombs and floating mines which persist ency bob up in Fiji waters, Major A. H.

Diffey, MBE, Fiji Military Forces, has dealt with a mine washed up near Kabulau Passage, in the Savusavu area of Vanua Levu.

Approaching the mine in a punt, Major Diffey, who was assisted by Sergeant- Major Bryson, held the mine off by hand while he slipped on to it a bridle con taining an explosive charge. The party was well away in a launch when the mine exploded.