Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 6 June 1946, page 1


SOUTH AFRICA DUMPS

MUSTARD GAS

CAPE TOWN, Wednesday.

It is officially stated that 2,800 tons of mustard gas has been dumped in deep water off Port Elizabeth.

The operations lasted six weeks, and resulted in 34 casualties, none of which proved fatal.

The gas was made in South Africa for the British Air Ministry.