FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
TAX TO PROVIDE RELIEF. •... By Telegraph—Pres# Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. Ifl, 6.5 p.m. Moscow, Sept. 14. The council of commissioners is specially taxing all over eighteen years of age for the relief of the famine districts. The tax ranges from eight shillings for workmen to £25 for tradesmen. It is expected to yield £'.ooo- - The Government is exp'-n/ing a total of £5.000,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1924, Page 4
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