TRAGIC TALE OF LIFE
LIVING LIKE PIGS STORY OF CONDITIONS UNDER SOVIET RULE. HOW PETROGRAD GIRLS EXIST. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received September 3, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. The captain of a cargo steamer from Russia tells a tragio tale of life under the Soviet Govern meut. He says that before the revolution poor people lived like pigs andi now everyone does. Girl students discharge cargoes at Petrograd for their food. Commercial life there is chaotic, and when a vessel arrives the workers argue as to the best method of unloading. On one occasion large stacks of coal caught fire. Workers assembled to put the fire out, but argued for six hours about what Should be done. Large queues stand outside Petroprad food shops from- early morning till late at night seeking a little black bread.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11306, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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