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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 16 June 1904, Page 3

: The St Petersburg correspondent of a London paper telegraphed on 21st March a long : - ( -story of official corruption in which seems fiom his account; to be equal to that in China. and says money allotted for military | and naval stores has been pocketed. • The officials all around misappropriate a part of the funds passing throt fcheir hands. The corespondent . 'ares that the corruption "has Tieen re•nsible for the succession of defeats Russia has suffered. - 'He asserts the ■ iiiicial assurances that there, was coal ,ud provisions at Port Arthur to enable that place-to withstand a two year's siege were untrue. When, 10,000 tons of, coal.were ordered to;.■:■ Port i sands of sacks atPort 1 Arthur supposed m to contain sugar, but wbich in reality, were filled with chipped bricks. The ■ \ correspondent adds that the Tsar hag | taken a firm stand, and is determined ;■ to stop the corruption., , . Belief After SKYeaw.i- r lipM l A s Australia, writes: "Iwiak taiurorm received from your valuable medioiaee*, I suffered from a severe cough loi six years and obtained no relief tsntO I took Ohamberhun'a dough Benedj» One bottle cured me and" "1 "tm ***J% this letter that you, like for tfce of any other poor sufferers." For sale