RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 June 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVIKS CAPTURE UFA. | Received 10.30 am. , PARIS, June 11_ It is reported the Bolsheviks have captured Ufa, situated in the Western ’Ural mountains, population 60,000. U COLD STORAGE. BRITAIN’S DEPENDENCE. DEMONSTRATED. LONDON, June 8. Sir Joseph Broadbank, presiding at the Cold Storage Associatioifs dinner said there were now 250 British ships lwith refrigerating o’:1CCO1ll1l1Ol?.‘1.lCn, amounting to fifty million cubic feet. The numbers of ships and the ea;-aeity were greater than ever despite submarine ravages, Mr. Roberts, Food Controller, mentioned that _since January, 1918, there ihad never been less than 82 million tons of produce stored in the United iKingdom, half of which was melt. l The war had revealed that Ellglaud’s igreatest Weakness had been her de‘pendence on outside sources. “We should ascertain Whether by arrangement With the Dominions, we can overcome this menace_l” - SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE. LONDON, June 10. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, alluding to .-the reference toithe termination of his term as High Commissioner for New Zealand, said he di<T'n6t desire a short period_ of rencW—§l. Ailonger period would strengthen his positian. in view of the importance of the work still to be done. ._