POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PETROGRAD MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 10 September 1917, Page 6

POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PETROGRAD MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

'! : : " : - ''■ : '' ':4-'r- '■"- ■ :"'■"•• '■'■:•'■' >'■•/'■'*.;■.'. "'''■.'■■.'.■" ■ ■■:'■ ' '■'.''■'■•• (Australian,and New Zealand.Cable Aesocialton") .-;' vßqccivcd;September 9, at sip,m. : ' : .'■/ ; .■;■■ PETROGRAD, September 8., ■■: , The number of votes cast for the different parties in the muni, cipal elections inPctr«grad are as follows: > Social Revolutionaries ~.,,., 182,000 ■ ~.,'; Extremists,.. .... -,', ~",,_ .... .. Cadets.. .. .. .. .-. ...... -110.000 ■ ,"'-■"■ -\ ' ~*~—■ , CpUNTER-RIIVpLUTION SPREADING THROUGHOUT ' RUSSIA. BIG ".NAVAL DEMONSTRATION IN THE BALTIC ■....:■-.''. SEA. ' : (Attitr»H«n and Kew Zealand Cable Anool«|1on.) Received September 9, at 11.30 p.m. '.' ;.'.'■.:; ;••... CPENHAGEN, September 8. The Ekstrablikl states that privatei Petrpgrad. advices 'state that,,. the counter-revolution movement has spread throughout Russia • and is increasing daily. General Korniloff's deinand for the dissolution of all soldiers committees has caused considerable excitement. ... (Australian and Reuter.) Received September 9, at 11.5 p.m. ••■■ • - ' "LONDON, September 8. A wireless Russian official report says: The Riga region, is., unchanged. Enemy aeroplanes unsuccessfully attacked the torpedo ! boat patrols in the Gulf of Riga. ' :,. /.v.., :,•/:■' ■ A German wireless report says: The Guns captured in the Riga battlefield number 316. . : .. (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Renter.) ' 'Received September 9, at 11.20 p.m. •■•' ' ■■ '.'v ''" STpCKHok, September 8. Part of the German High Sea Fleet has reinforced the Baltic Fleet and is sailing northwards. The Russian Fleet is preparing for the battle. The sailors have' expressed their determination to fight to; the last shell.