DOMESTIC CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.
WHAT KENTISH MINERS SAW. (CJtITBD vasts *»BOCtATIO*~Bt BLSCTBSO TiLkoaAra cortaian.) % LONDON, Beptembsr 80. Two Kentish coal miners, whom their employers sent to Russia to study eonditioni provided that, if their report were favourable, they could migrate at their employers' expense, found, accord' insr to the schoolmaster accompanying them as interpreter, that a Soviet official had been detailed to watch what they did, and they did not see overmuch. The interpreter added that the ale were housed i» single rooms and us was rampant. Though miners worked a six-hour day, their wages were of the lowest. Meat prices Were four times above those charged in Britain, and fish Was unobtainable. Clothes were very dear, and only black bread could be bought.—United Serviee.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19731, 23 September 1929, Page 11
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