THE GRAIN FAMINE.
TERRIBLE DISTRESS IN RUSSIA. t'retd Association.—Electric Ttleoraph. —Copyriul 1. London, September 1. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Chronicle states that the railways leading from the frontier to the Baltic Sea are blocked with rye, but the officials are in receipt .of secret orders to delay transmission until the price has fallen. The condition of the peasantry in the western districts is reported to be terrible, and several hundred million roubles will be required tor relief purposes. Vienna, September 1. The grain market is firm, realising fair prices. The official reports of the worUl's supply are optimistic. The surplus of wheat in Austro-Hungary is given as 4,000,000 quintals.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8662, 3 September 1891, Page 5
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112THE GRAIN FAMINE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8662, 3 September 1891, Page 5
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