COST OF THE WAR.
179 BILLION DOLLARS. ITulUtl Prfifia Aejocmtioti— By Elactrie Telegraph.— Copyright. Received Fob 19, noon. Washington. Feb 10 Official figures show 173 dollars were expended ty ail nations on tho war up to .-Jlst January The Allies and the Umted States spent 119,581 millions of that sum. RESUMPTION OF OVERSEAS TRADE. London, Feb 17 Tha Press Bureau reports that the Board of Trade has authorised under certaiu existing restrictions the resumption of trade with Turkey, including Turkey in Europe, A* 3lß Mijor, Armenia, Kurdistan. Mesopotamia, Syria and Bulgaria. Trade with Russian Black Sea ports may also be veaomed. The Department of the Overseas Trade oilers facilities to British Radars to send rapresentatives to Southern Russia in the hope of fostering trade. Several Britisn steamship lines are already arranging for the resumption of services.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 1175, 19 February 1919, Page 8
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136COST OF THE WAR. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 1175, 19 February 1919, Page 8
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