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FLAIR SHOWN BY SOVIET NEW MOSCOW CANAL SCHEME. HUNDRED THOUSAND CONVICTS HOPE OF GENERAL AMNESTY (United Press Association —By Electric Telegrapn Copyright.) Received 10.15 a.m. t-o-day. MOSCOW, Oct. 26. The Soviet’s flair tor grand scale operations is revealed by the mustering of 100,000 convicts and political prisoners of both sexes to excavate a mighty canal connecting rivers with the Volga at Moscow to enable the largest ships to anchor almost in sight of the Kremlin.
The huge army of workers is housed in barracks, which are not heavily guarded. Indeed the authorities explain that the guards are there chiefly to prevent pilfering of materials. These unfortunates are sustained on the long job by the hope of a large scale amnesty as was the case when the White Sea.'canal was finished.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 October 1933, Page 5
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134WORK ON GRAND SCALE Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 October 1933, Page 5
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