AMERICA’S PART.
THE AVAR BOND BILL. HUGE SUMS INVOLVED. WASHINGTON, September 16. The Senate passed the Bond Bill without division. (A cablegram received from Washington on September 6 said:—Agreement between the loaders has assured the passage of the War Bond Bill for 11 ..638,000,000 dollars (£2,374,096.202). the largest finaucial appropriation ever proposed. It includes 4,000,000,000 dollars (£323,053,000) advanced to the Allies. Mr M’Adoo, Secretary to the Treasury, announced additional loans of 100,000,000 dollars (£20,576,325) each to Britain and France,.)
GAGGING GERMAN PRESS. THREE PAPERS SUPPRESSED-. LONDON. September 16. Tho “‘Daily Chronicle’s” Amsterdam correspondent states that the military have suppressed von RcventJow’s “ Tages Zeitung ” and two other Berlin papers. The reason is not given. '
SUGAR INDUSTRY. TO PREVENT SPECULATION. WASHINGTON, September 16. President Wilson has issued a proclamation placing the tftigar industry under strict license. It is now virtually under Mr Hoover's control, which will stop speculation.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17587, 18 September 1917, Page 5
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146AMERICA’S PART. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17587, 18 September 1917, Page 5
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