RUSSIA.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8279, 5 November 1906, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE TREASURY VAN ROBBERY. Reaeived November 4, 5.2 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3. The woman concerned in the recent removal of money from toe Treasury van at St. Petersburg is a JeweßS, named Bokoyavlinskaya. ' When arrested no money was found in her possession. (On October 28tb twenty Terrorists attacked a Ireasary carriage, carrying sixty thousand pounds sterling, which was escorted by eight mounted eendarmee, at the corner of Ekaterniok Canal, St. Petersburg. The Terrorists oon« oealed themselves in a beersbop until an apple-woman signalled the approaob of the carriage about noon. By means of bombs and bullets the Terrorists kept the police and gendarmes at bay for ten minutes, enabling the womant to escape with the booty. A namber of the robbers were afterwards ar rested and executed). JEWISH GRIEVANCES. SOLDIERS SENTENCED. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2. All the great Jewish houses refuse to assist Russia until the Government's pledges to redress Jewish grievances are redeemed. , A hundred and ninety-one men of the Preobrajensky Regiment have been tried for recent insubordination in StJPetersburg. Five were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, and a hundred j and fifty otherwise punished. . LAND FOR THE [PEASANTRY. ; THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION ACRES AVAILABLE. . , i ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 2. ] Prinoe°Vassilknilkoff, Minister of Agriculture, states that thirty-eight million aores of land are available j fcr the State, peasants.