AMERICAN ITEMS.
SENATE. ACTION. • . ; OPPOSITION TO MR HOOVER. (United Press Association.— By Electric ' • ’■ Telegraph:—Copyright.) • V: 1 WASHINGTON, October 2. The Senate by a. .vote of forty-seven to forty-two approved of an, amendment sponsored, by Senators Simmonds and Norris, and supported by a coalition . of insurgent' Republicans and Democrats to strike out, the flexible provisions from’ the impending Tariff. '_Y Bill, and substituting’ a clause making the Tariff Commission the,, agency of Congress instead of the President. The action is contrary, to,Hoover’s wishes. . ‘r v) >.* • '■ ! stock exchange collapse. • X NEW YORK, October 3. , • The stock market 00-llapsed late today; There 1 was a, tremendous selling pressure-and sebres of high priced issues, particularly public utilities, declined- five to seventy dollars her share wiping out more than a billion and a.'half, on the quoted values.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1929, Page 5
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