RUMOUR MONGERS
THE PRIME MINISTER'S CONDEMNATION "AS BAD AS THE FIFTH COLUMN" "I would like to issue a warning against listening to rumour-anong-ers," said the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, in a broadcast address last evening. "I thinli they can be as bad ap the fifth column, of which we have heard so much/' Mr Fraser referred to the our which spread on the sinking of the Niagara to the effect that thei vessel was lost as the result of an internal explosion and alarmist reports were circulated of enemy activity in this country. The Prime Minister pointed out that falsfe rumours were a breach) of the law and the police woul'| take action where cases were reported. Most of the rumours orig-» mated in Berlin, he said, and people should be careful to avoid becoihing sub-stations for this propagandaT""^^
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 186, 15 July 1940, Page 4
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142RUMOUR MONGERS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 186, 15 July 1940, Page 4
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