ROME'S ABSURD LIE
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.
REBELLION IN DOMINION
London, Sept. 13. On Thursday morning the Rome radio stated that New Zealand was experiencing an open rebellion and troops had been' stopped from leaving the country to put down the uprisings. On behalf of the New Zealand and Australian Department of Information a special shortwave broadcast throughout the world last night stated that the allegation was a typical Rome radio lie. At 4.55 a.m. Australian .time on Thursday the Rome radio included in its foreign news service the following item: "At Wellington (New Zealand) owing to an outbreak of rebellion in the Dominion troops for Britain had stopped leaving the country." The transcription of the broadcast was taken by the Department of Information and cabled immediately to the New Zealand Premler (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser). He cabled back an emphatic denial which was embodied in last night's special broadcast in all foreign languages.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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