AMERICA’S PART.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17661, 13 December 1917, Page 5

AMERICA’S PART.

THE WHEAT SUPPLY. (Received December 13, 12.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 11. The American visible supply of wheat is 31,084,000 bushels.

GOLD SCARCITY

BIMETALLISM PROPOSED. (Received December 13, 12.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 12. Tho “ Nov York Times” Washington correspondent states that owing to the scarcity of gold, tho Allies, America and neutrals arc considering a proposal to introduce bimetallism based on silver at tho value of a dollar per ounce.

NEGRO SOLDIERS RIOT.

THIRTEEN HANGED. (Received December 13, 12.10 a-m.) NEW YORK, December 12.

At San ' Antonio, Texas, thirteen negro soldiers were hanged and fortyone sentenced to life imprisonment for participation in.,a riot at Houston on August 8, in which seventeen people were killed.