AEROPLANE "SCARES."

1 AND WAR EEGTJLATIONS. (Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. Since the disclosure of the boast by an officer of a German raider that he had passed over Sydney in a seaplane, the authorities in New Zealand have had to cope with quite an epidemic of reports about mysterious aeroplanes circling around the more remote parts of New Zealand. In every case careful investigation has to be made, and in every case the report has been found to be without foundation. Some of these reports have found their way into the newspapers, causing somewhat of a scare, and it is intended to prosecute under the War Regulations any person who in future circulates, without good cause, any such I report likely to cause public alarm. If ;New Zealanders see any more mystej rious visitants in the sky, their best plan I will the to carefully verify the sight, and • quity inform the nearest police or defence officer, avoiding any public mention, for fear that it comes under the scope of the numerous possible offences against these commrahensive Wax Regu--latiosa. °