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INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE STOCK. (Received 21, 10.55 a.m.) New York. Nov. 20. The New Y’ork “Times’ ” Washington correspondent states that ac- [ cording to reliable information the American Government’s opposition to the sale of American-owned stock in the International Mercantile Manne was due to the fact that its transfer would have involved the cancellation of credit which British interests received in the United States.—(A. and N.Z.> THE RIGHTS OF CONGRESS CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICANS Washington. Nov. 19. The Republican Senators held a meeting to consider reconstruction. They agreed that the Republican Congress, when in power, shall exercise its full rights and prerogatives, and carry out its own programme. The resolution is obviously aimed at Dr. Wilson’s monopoly of Congressional functions. BELLIGERENTS WAR COSTS. TWO HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. (Received 2'\ 5.5 p.m.) London, Nov. .19. Tlie “Times’ ' Washington correspondent says that, according to the figures given in. the Federal Reserve Bulletin, the war. up to the signing of the armistice had cost ■the principal belligerents two hundred billion dollars, not including the damage done by the enemies' armies.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 300, 21 November 1918, Page 5
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