AEROPLANE " SCARES."
AND WAR REGULATIONS. (Special to the Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day. Since the disclosure of the boast by an officer of a German raider that he liad passed over Sydney m a 'seaplane, t*ho authorities m New Zealand have had tp cope with quite an epidemic of' reports about mysterious aeroplanes circling around the more remote parts of New Zealand. In every case, careful investigation has to he made, and m eyery case the report has been, found tb ba without foundation. Some of these reports have found > their wa-j-* into •■■the newspapers, causing somewhat of a scare, and it is intended to prosecute under the War Regulations^ any* person who m future circulates without, good cause any such report likely to cause public alarm. If : New Zealanders see-,-t!ny more mysterious visitants In the sky, their best plan will be to carfully verify t lie sight,, and, quietly .inform tho nearest -*)iicc or defence officer, avoid irrgi any public mention, for fear that- it comes n'u der the scope of the numerous possible offences against these comprehensive War Regulation's.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 2
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180AEROPLANE " SCARES." Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 2
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