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IUBIRALIAN AND N.Z. OAIILE ASSOCIATION TROTSKY'S STATEMENT. (Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) MOSCOW, .Jan. Hr. Trotsky’s statement was read at the Communist Party executive meeting. He denied lie favoured a revision of Leninism or belittled Lenin. Far Iroui being refractory under discipline, be was ready to accomplish any task imposed by the party, but. recent <1 is'nssiniis necessitated bis being relieved of the post of president of the War Council.
A resolution was adonled that th< meeting affirms that iron discinlinc always lias been a most valuable Communist weapon, and Trotsky’s repeatci attacks mi Bolshevism bad compelled the action being taken. It accused Trotsky of making himself the mouthpiece of the small boiirgeoise. bis antiLeninist views about peasants being especially dangerous, because it undermined the confidence of peasants in the Soviet policy. The resolution concluded by declaring Trotsky’s submission was purely formal, as be did riot admit Ids errors. OBITUARY.
LONDON. .lan. 19. Ob i L ll a ry. —AI rTa ggn rt, metaphysician. TWO LADS ARRESTED. LONDON, Jail. 19. Two lads named Ileggcrty and Crossley have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Wolverhampton constable. They are aged 17 and 19 respectively. THE BORAH PARTY. WASH! NO TON, Jan. 19. To prevent the Borah Party in the. Senate doing to the Paris agreement wlnit Senator Lodge did to the League of Nations protocol. Secretary Hughes has issued air official statement denying the Senate’s jurisdiction. This means that tlu> administration is trying to nip the Borah insurrection before it get impetus. A HI? A VINO DOCK. (Received this day at. 11.25 a.m.) CAPETOWN. Jan. 19. The outer caisson, of the Durban graving dock, the largest in the southern hemisphere, has been placed in position mid the dock pumped dry. Everything is satisfactory. The dock is intended purely for naval purposes. The dimensions are length, 1150 feet, breadth at entrance, 110 feet, depth, 11 feet.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1925, Page 3
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