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Bombed
A Japanese bomb abandoned 14 years ago exploded on the Rabaul racecourse in August, throwing two natives to the ground and making a small crater.
The bomb is believed to be a 25-pounder aerial bomb, of which several have recently been found at the racecourse.
The president of Rabaul Race Club, Mr. M. Foley, who wit nessed the explosion, said: “We have found many bombs on the course over the last few months. I believe they are part of an old Japanese war-time store. The bombs are not of Australian or American type.”
Explosives experts said they be lieved corrosion of the bomb cases had saved the lives of the two natives near the ex plosion.