SYDNEY FORT
Halts Foreign Ship ITS FIRST SHOT IN THE WAR (Received March 16. 12.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 15. Firing its first shot in the war, the Sydney coastal fortress to-day halted a Norwegian freighter, whichhad just left port, but was oblivious of signals requiring her to stop. A shot was fired across her bows. The vessel immediately stopped, and re-en-tered the harbour where officers examined the passport papers of a member of the crew. Thereafter the vessel was allowed to leave.
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Grey River Argus, 16 March 1940, Page 7
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