MUNICIPAL GRAFT.
JAPANESE SCANDAL.
(Australian mid N.Z. Press Association.)
(Received 10 a.m.) TOKYO, September 20. The arrest to-day of a leading member fif the Opposition is a sensational climax to tin- municipal graft which was discovered on August 18, when thirteen persons were arrested. The total now in gaol is 25.
In view of the influential position of tho arrested men, members and peers aro determined to urge the judiciary to prosecute limit. The prevalence of city corruption is without precedent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 7
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148MUNICIPAL GRAFT. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 7
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