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JAI* A N ESiii ATTJLT U J )E. CONTROL. OF PACiI-IC t There wore large numbers of Japanese in Australia and these made no secret of their confidence that it would hot be long before both Australia and New Zealand would be a part of the Japanese iinpire, said Air. T. Brausgrove, New .Plymouth, to a. Taranaki Herald reporter. Air. Hransgrove has just returned froth an extensive tour of Australia. At' .Rockhampton, in Queensland, he noticed a great number of Japanese, said All'. .Hransgrove. .He went into a Japanese shop -and tiu^ proprietress became annoyed when ho dodinedi to buy her wares'. ‘‘You go back to New Z/ndsrndA’ she. said. “Very soon both Australia and/ New You are on top now bfti .Japan’Will ho the one on top seone’Q This was typical of the atiiiu’cle t.i the Japanese in Australia, he said, They were very “cocky’ indeed. However, Australia was awake to th» menace and defence prena;ations were proceeding at a great, pace, -'i ue Australian authorities were working on the right- lines and weny jotting, things done. '' V‘~
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 211, 24 July 1939, Page 1
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