SOVIET STEAMER.

Grey River Argus, 30 May 1922, Page 7

SOVIET STEAMER.

ARRIVES IN LONDON. LONDON, May 28. The- first Soviet steamer, Karl Marx, reached Hull with a cargo of timber. Tin* vessel is decorated with many pictures of Lenin, Trotsky, and other Com munist loaders. The ship s doctor wears an ill-fitting suit costing 12 000,000 roubles. His salary is 60,000,000 roubles monthly, equivalent to £3. In connection with the arrival <~d the Soviet steamer in London, it is worthy of notice th:t although the cable-cram mers see fit to ridicule it, John Bu-t is willing enough to take delivery of its cargo.