A SENSATION.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.
SUPPOSED JAPANESE SPIES. IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. Received April 2, 12.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 1. Information of a sensational character indicating thorough examination by Japanese spies of the country lying between the northern territory and Brisbane reached the Minister of Defence. Several squatters 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 Queensland territory, near the South Australian border. They carried a cinematograph, dnd exhibited pictures for the benefit of the station hands, and settlers. Between the performances they questioned people as to the location of water holes and the direction of all roads and tracks, the nimber of cattle in the district, number of people employed on the stations, anJ the quantiy of stores possessed and sought information likely to be useful to an army on tun march. A careful watch is now being kept on their movements.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3153, 2 April 1909, Page 5
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164A SENSATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3153, 2 April 1909, Page 5
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