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MINERS' CONFERENCE OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST. By Toleerapb—Press Association— OopyTl*;b.i (Received January 15, 1 a.m.) LONDON, January 14. The Miners' Conference voted as f0110w5:—653,190 against compulsion, 33,100 in favour, and 25,249 neutral. The miners' leaders realise that a cord vote is no criterion of the opinion of the men. The leaders mostly favour a ballot to secure a plain "Yes" or "No" to this ail-important problem. ARREifsjNIuSSIA CORNERING FOODSTUFFS., "Timea" and Sydney "Sun" Serrlcca. (Received January 14, 5.5 p.m.) PETROGRAD, January 14. . The Government is stamping out bribery and speculation in connection with food products, arresting sixteen nighplaced speculators at Moscow r.nd Petrograd, and two councillors at Nishninovgorod, for cornering flour and , sugar. Further arrests are pending. A TURKISH SUBMARINE DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS. By Telegraph—Press Association—CloprrlfU* (Received January 14, 9 p.m.) PETROGRAD, January 14. Russian torpedo boats destroyed a Turkish submarine which -went ashore in the Black Sea.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9248, 15 January 1916, Page 7
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