THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
f . -'■ -— > •■— — -- "' ' AND JAtASSTESE SPIES. i ' . "" ' ". ; .. -' : i ' .-:'■•• (Press Aten.— By Telegraph— Copyright) ' '■■'.-; MELBOURNE; April.a.A ; Information of a sensational character, indicating a' thorough examination .ty iJajpariesb spies of the' country . lying_ be!tweeh''the Northern Territory and 1. risbane,' has reached the Minister for Defence. Several . squatter .i ; informed hipi. that, during thb past feW morith^ a eiipaH •paftyj of thiree pr four Japariese. f suddenly appeared at,, various - stations; amd; small tbwnsjiips m Queensland teVritbr^-,! rfqai* the South Australian border. Af hey carried a cinematograph, and "exhibited for the benefit, of ; the, station •hands" and ; . settlers. Between th^-;per-forthaiices they questioned the . people as to the 1 location of waterholes and the direction of roads and tracks, the nurii•herXol^cattle' inr'the district, the num-': 'ber of pfeople employed at' the stations, arid the quantity of stores possessed, aiid ebught information likely to'; be use-, ful 'to ari.; army on the inarch. A careful •Watch is how being kept on their mbvemerite. '.'" .' '. , y"' " ■;•' - ''A
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11817, 2 April 1909, Page 5
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161THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11817, 2 April 1909, Page 5
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