FANTASTIC LIE FROM ROME
ALLEGED REBELLION IN WELLINGTON
“TROOPS STOPPED FROM GOING OVERSEAS”
(United Press Association)
WELLINGTON, September 12.
A cablegram received at Wellington tonight from Sydney stated that a radio "broadcast from Rome reported that rebellion in Wellington was preventing the embarkation of troops for overseas. When the Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser) was asked to comment for the purpose of refutation by the Australian short-wave radio to Europe, he said the people would be highly amused when they learned of this fantastic nonsense. Obviously, this lie was too ridiculous to warrant serious notice from him or any other responsible source. The whole-hearted devotion of all the people of New Zealand to the British cause and their determination to assist to the utmost of their power in the successful prosecution of the war against Hitler and Mussolini needed no reiteration on his part.
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Southland Times, Issue 24230, 13 September 1940, Page 4
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145FANTASTIC LIE FROM ROME Southland Times, Issue 24230, 13 September 1940, Page 4
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