War Hoax Alarms Hobart
NOTICES POSTED ON BUILDINGS United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. HOBART, May 10. Residents were alarmed by war hoax notices stating that Herr Hitler • had marched into Poland and that Poland, Britain and France were mobilising. These notices were posted on newspaper and other buildings in the city during the lunch hour. Tho authorities quickly announced that the statements were without foundation, but the news spread like wildfire. The Premier, Mr. Ogilvie, has instructed the police to make every effort to trace the offenders. The Governor, Sir Ernest Clark, speaking at a university commemoration ceremony at the Town Hall, said that when the perpetrators were found they should be severely punished as enemies of the State, if they were not confined in a lunatic asylum. The chancellor of the university, Mr. W. J. Stops, said later that he resented the “cheerful assumption” that tho hoax was perpetrated by undergraduates.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 5
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