ALLEGED JAPANESE SPIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9410, 2 April 1909, Page 5

ALLEGED JAPANESE SPIES.

. TJnitedPress' Association. —By Bleo- > [>. trio elegraph.— Copyright. \> , ! ’ Melbourne, April 1. i Information o£ a sensational char aoter. indicating a thorough examination, by Japanese spies of the country lying between the Northern Territory and Brisbane has reached the Minister of Defence. Several squatters have informed him that during the past few months a small party of three or four Japanese have suddenly appeared at various stations- . and small townships in 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 rounds and tracks, the number of cattle in the district, the number of people employed on the stations, and the quantity of stores possessed. They sought information which might likely be useful to an •army on the march. A careful watch is • now being kept on their movements.: