Careful!

Thousands of Unexploded Bombs Still in BSI

Honiara, June 15.

THE Australian Bomb Disposal Unit has operated In the British Solomon Islands for over 12 months and still has plenty of work ahead of it.

Honiara township and the sur rounding area have been rendered safe, and much work has been done on the big ammunition dump known as Hell’s Point, about seven miles from the township, but hundreds of unexploded missiles, both Japanese and American, and dozens of American ammunition dumps still remain to be dealt with.

One party is now working near the old Henderson airfield, and another is operating in the Western Solomons which, like Guadalcanal, was the scene of heavy fighting and bombing.

Operations of the Bomb Disposal Unit are made more difficult by the length of time during which bombs and shells have been exposed to the weather. Many of them have corroded until they are extremely awkward to handle, and it is not always possible to blow them be cause of their nearness to native houses and villages. One of these problem dumps, near a native village in New Georgia, is estimated to contain 5,000 bombs.

° n the week-end of June 28-29 Lae Golf Club challenged the Wau 9? lf ,,P ub . i S the Buiwa cup. of the matches Wau won 10. As sociates and other members matches were 21150 Played and a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. The week end culminated with a hot-dog tea at the Golf Club.

Mr. W. L. D. Harvie has become Deputy-Chairman of the Lautoka Town Board, Fiji, in succession to Mr. D. P. Ragg who is now in the UK on an extended holiday. Mr.

Ragg’s place on the Board has been taken by Mr. H. Stokes.