ARE THEY JAPANESE SPIES ?
Mbbbournk, April 1. Information of a sensational character, indicating the thorough examination by Japanese spies of the country lying between the Northern Territory and Brisbane, has reached the Minister for Defence. Several squatters have informed him that during the past few months a small party of three or four Japanese suddenly appeared at various stations and small townships in the Queensland territory, near the South Australian border. They carried a cinematograph and exhibited pictures for the benefit of the station hands and settlers. Between the performances they questioned people as to the location of waterholes and the direction of all roads and tracks, the number of cattle in the district, the number of people employed on the stations, and the quantity of stores possessed and sought information likely to be useful to an army on the march. A careful watch is now being kept on their movement.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 3 April 1909, Page 2
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151ARE THEY JAPANESE SPIES ? Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 453, 3 April 1909, Page 2
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