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RUSSIA’S UTTER POVERTY. By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, January 26. Mr Robert Laidlaw, who returned today, after a world tour, embracing 33 countries, said none of them can approach Russia for utter poverty. If sympathisers with Communism were to visit Russia they would return within three months rabid capitalists. He said the country was on the verge of starvation. The roads and transport services were in a shocking state. Cleanliness was avoided like a plague. A desperate effort was being made to stamp out religion. It was obvious that the FiveYear Plan was not going to accomplish what had been promised, but it was simply wonderful how the people swallowed the propaganda which was to be seen everywhere.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 27 January 1932, Page 8
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120UNDER THE SOVIET. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 27 January 1932, Page 8
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