RUSSIA.
WORKERS' HOURS. , i* Noyl 30. v The •'*(Banoiib-a^d' houra a' day, iri'oludiug two JPbr meals, for all workmen in industrial establishments. DECISION OP A PRIZE COURT. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30. The Prize Court at Libau has de- ' elded In fevourof the owners of the American steamer Oldhania, whioh was captured on the voyage to Hongkpng ;,wifch a cargo of petroleam. alleged fraud in connecTION WITH A CONTRACT. COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY" APPOINTED. Received December 2, 4.55 p.m. Sl'. PETERSBURG, Deo 1. M. Gouko, Assistant-Miniater of the Interior, who is a son of the famous Russian General" of that name, has been fiercely assailed in ooDnection with tbe'coutraot alleged to have b9en given for many million boobies to the proprietor of gambling houses for the supplying of starving peasants with brtal. M. Gouko is alleged to have acted under the influence of a dreßS maker In giving the contract. Lidval, the proprietor of th« gaming tables, is not oonneoted ic any way with the grain, business. It is stated he merely poaketed the commission, and that M. Soltokis; the actual liurohaser, has disappeared. . The Czar has appointed a committee, consisting oif Senators and including thi President of the St. Petersburg Bourse, to make instant Inquiry.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8301, 3 December 1906, Page 5
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