UNSCRUPULOUS FOES.
MENACE TO BRITAIN.
GERMAN TRAITORS AT LARGE,
VIOLENCE AND ESPIONAGE.
ATTACK ON TROOP TRAINS.
(R«c<iiTed August 11, 9.35 p.m.)
London, August 10.
A woman believed to be a German spy was arrested at the Millhouse Gunpowder Works, Doonane, in Ireland.
Troop trains were fired on from both sides at Crowhurst, Surrey, windows being broken. The police are searching for motor-cars Been near by.
Germans in several parts of the country have been arrested or disturbed when apparently tampering with railwav bridtren.
The police discovered wireless apparatus in the houses of several Germans in the suburbs of London.
A number of German naval reservists were found working on the British battleship Zealandia when the vessel was equipping for sea. Sir Edward Ward is organising special constabulary, to serve for four hours daily, to protect docks, bridges, gasworks, and waterworks. Each squad, as far as possible, will consist of ten friends. Motor-cycles are specially wanted.
A message from Bombay states that thirteen Germans, members of the crew of a German tramp steamer, were arrested on a charge of interfering with wireless communications between two warships.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 8
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