RUSSIA REVIVING.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1924, Page 3

RUSSIA REVIVING.

MFLRUFRNF. UNIONIST’S YIF.WS. LONDON. Sept. 2. Mr W. P. Kinsman, formerly orgaiij„cr of the Amalgamated Society »* Kn-dneers in Melbourne, is visiting England alter spending three veins in Russia. . , He brings hopeful accounts cit tin Soviet regime. “Niuetv-six per cent, cit tie l»u>sians." he says, “are prepared to lay down their lives lor the >ni a l -J verm.lent. They have- secured aHu fid!) strujrjxlf. lu ml oil whit'll l it*' pav rent, but which is taxed according to the value of lilt- crops and heads c.l cattle, a rebate being allowed accc.rcling to the number of children in the family. “The loan to Russia will he of great advantage to England It will " ,,t solve tlie crisis, but, it will not handicap trade Russia wants machinery, which is milv obtainable through credits in Kngland. to whom the Rushans 100 liooefullv for assistance. H '•uu-i----turns down the agreement, many members will Ins? their seats. ‘•I have crossed Russia fmin ;Aieli„„.reL iu the north to Odessa, in the south. She has a better chance ;d ;.- vclopnu-nt than Queensland. <■ ; lv there i- alavs a >noradic Limine., which is due to sec tional seasonal handicaps. but transport has he, n listen 0,1 and the reserves of gram replaced oil aiding relief to lie given where neulC<^‘ ‘Russia will supply enough gram by to smash th? American m.inoimlv. Fx’port is steadily increasing tuwa <l> its pre-war standard. The cultivated area has already been made ‘ Regarding coinage. 35 per cent, monov ill eirciilation is in goul. s and copper coins »ro in circulation. “The housing shortage m Afoseow adds to the cost of living. 1 cmngrad is cheaper. T would rather eo to 1 Crimea for n holiday than to. Nice..a‘ Cannes, on the Riviera. ' ‘ are regular and clean. Transom t on the Volga has been practically restotcil.’’