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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 294, 15 May 1914, Page 2

SWINDLERS ARRESTED. Paris, May 13. Twenty long Arm swindlers hare been arrested. Their operations in five 7*ar* netted twenty thousand sterling. THE BOOT INDUSTKY. Sydney, May 14. At the Tariff Enquiry 'boot manufacturers complained that the scarcity of labour was restricting the output. ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION. Brisbane, May 14. The Premier promised a deputation to introduce a Bill to deal with the meat trust and prevent its becoming injurioue to the publi* interests. A BIG FBNGH LOAN. Paris,, May 13. 4- French lo»» ef eighty millions iterling at 3% per cent is expected about the end of June. AMERICA ANB JAPAN. Fdkio, May IS. The Privy Council ratified the Amcri-ea»-Japanese Arbitration Treaty. ONLY A' RUMOR. Tokio, May 13. The Commission of Investigation found not the slightest taint of corruption in the Murorau Steel Foundry's transactions and tho dealings of Messrs Armstrong and Vickers. yORTUGUaSB METHODS. Wgbon, May IS. A reservist, supposed to be an antimilitarist, stabbed Major Correia to death outside the barracks at Oovitha. Soldiers attacked the prison and dragged out and lynched the assassin, who wag riddled with bullets.