INFORMATION GIVEN TO ENEMY
WHY RADIO STATIONS WERE CLOSED DOWN (Received January 12, 5.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, January 11. The Minister of the Navy (Mr W M. Hughes) announced that, the four commercial radio stations recently' cut off the air either had been owned by. or used by, Jehovah’s Witnesses. Mr Hughes said: According to the naval authorities information was being supplied to the enemy. It is not suggested that this was done for the deliberate purpose of helping the enemy, but, in effect, it did so. We have the most positive statement by one of the survivors of the raider’s victims that the captain of the raider knew that a certain ship would be at a certain spot at a certain time There must have been direct contact between the raider and some agent, or information must have been wirelessed. There-' fore we are in a position where we must take precautionary measures
Mr Hughes said he hoped that arrangements to permit the stations to be reopened would be made at an early date.
The Premier of New South Wales (Mr A. Mair) announced that for obvious reasons” his Government was preparing legislation to restrict activities.
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Southland Times, Issue 24332, 13 January 1941, Page 5
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