CHAOS IN RUSSIA.
‘ EVERYONE LIVES LIKE PIGS.” QUEUES FOR BLACK BREAD. Kv Tierra t>h. —PrtM A«m —Copyright. Received Sept. 3. 5.5 pm. London, Sept. 2. The caotain of a cargo steamer from Rustra tells 3 tragic tale of life under the Soviet. He says that before the revolution poor people lived like pigs, and now everyone does. Girl students discharge cargoes at Petrograd for their food. Commercial life there is chaotic. When a vessel arrives the workers argue as to the best method of unloading. On one occasion large stacks of coal caught fire, and the workers assembled to out the fire out; but thev argued for six hours about what should be done. Larg* queues stand outside the Petrograd food shops from early morning till late at night, seeking a little black bread —Aus- N-Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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138CHAOS IN RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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