NORTH RUSSIA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15789, 10 April 1919, Page 5

NORTH RUSSIA.

BRITISH RELIEF FORCE and N.Z. Cable Association April 10, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, April 9. The War Office has issued an appeal for immediate volunteers for the North Russian relief forcii, hvhich it states will consist mainly of trained soldiers, including demobilised and discharged men. The men re-enlisting must be for general service and be over 19. Ex-soldiers will be given their previous rank and the pay will be the same as the armies of occupation. The maximum period of enlistment will be a year, but no man re-enlisting will be kept longer than required for tills special service, on the completion of which all will be given two months’ furlough on full pay. A British North Russia official message states that a disturbance of Chinese workmen at Murmansk was soon quelled. . The majority of the rioters were arrested. The North Russian troops have occupied Gapnavalok, on Lake VigoZero. *•