RUSSIA.
•- ' -'INTENSE FIGHTING. i (Reutor's Telejjrams.) LONDON, Jan. i 7. Petrograd telegrams report that the newspapers publish accounts of a pitched battle being fought in the streets of Odessa-.between Ukrainian, troops iand Maximalist soldiers and sailors. -The Ukrainians held the theatre and the R-acfci, building and ■ posted machine guns in tho streets. The chief of the Bed Guards: was mortally wounded. - Ships an ihe roadstead'opened fire oh. the town. The accounts differ "and it is not certain whether the Maximalists have taken the arsenal. BOLSHEYIKI AND' ROUMANIANS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The Bolsbeviki are- threatening to arrest tho Roumanian king. The order has been signed. GERMAN TRADING BOOTH. BERNE, Jan. 17. Tho Germans have erected 400 trading booths on the, Russian front. Russian soldiers, >yho were anxious to obtain playing cards, readily bartered a machine-gun for a pack. CZAR AND HIS FAMILY. (Router's Telegrams.) PETROGRAD, Jan. 17. Ihere is mo confirmation- of the frequently reported rumour that 'the Czar and bis ramily have escaped, but tho administration is inquiring.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16447, 19 January 1918, Page 9
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