War Hoax Alarms Hobart
(Received 2 p.m.) HOBART, This Day. Residents were alarmed by war hoax notices stating that Herr Hitler had marched into Poland, and that Poland, Britain and France were mobilising. The notices were posted on newspaper and other buildings in the city during the lunch hour yesterday. Authorities quickly announced that the statements were without foundation, but the news spread like wildfire. The Premier of Tasmania, Mr A. G. Ogilvie, instructed the police to make every effort to trace the offenders. The Governor, Sir Ernest Clark, speaking at the University commemoration ceremony in the Town Hall, said that when the perpetrators were found they would be severely punished as enemies of the State, if not confined in a lunatic asylum. The Chancellor of the University, Mr W. J. Stops, said later that he resented the “cheerful assumption”' that the hoax was perpetrated by undergraduates.
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Northern Advocate, 10 May 1939, Page 5
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