AMERICAN NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 762, 20 July 1916, Page 5

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIMBS FOR WAR CRIPPLES. BIG ORDER FOR AMERICA. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 20, 9.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 19. Limb-makers announce that they have received a million dollars' order for limbs for Australian and New Zealand soldiers. IMPORTS OF GOLD. Caijjada is sending to the United Sfale.4 one million pounds' worth of gold daily. Much is said to come from South Africa and Australia. A SWIMMING RECORD. Herbert Vollmer put up a world's swimming record for 500 metres, (imin 51 2-ssec. PRICE OF PAPER. Congress referred to the Rules Committee Senator Mann's resolution urging the appointment of a commission to investigate the price of printing paper, and especially whether the combine is inflating the rates. ON SUFFERANCE. The Government has decided to allow Cipriano Castro to enter the United States. RAN AMOK. CHICAGO, July 18. Robert Mclntyre, a negro, and a religious maniac, shot and lulled six people. He then barricaded himself, and his wife, in his house, where he perished when the police blew it up. One hundred shots were fired during the siege. UNITED STATES NAVY. NEW YORK, July 18. The Senate has passed the Navy Bill. Reultr's Telegrams. WASHINGTON, July 18.» SufUcient high-powered anti-air-craft guns have been completed to supply the whole of the ships in the Fleet. The guns have a high-angle range of 27,000 yards. EXTREMES OF WEATHER. WASHINGTON, July 18. As a result of floods in North and South Carolina, there are nine dead and 7000 homeless, and the damage to property is estimated at 20,000,000 dollars. NEW YORK, July 18. The heat wave continues unabated, and numbers of prostrations and deaths are reported.