AMERICAN ITEMS.
IUHTItALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. U.S.A. PRESIDENCY. NEW YORK, August 18. The American Federation of Labour announces itself finally prepared to open war with big guns in a campaign to elect Senator La Follettc ns President. and those Congressional candidates whose records satisfy Laboiu. The Federation a,ro organising \ a Speakers Bureau to supply the campaign orators throughout the country.
S.S. OROWAITI AGROUND. SAX FRANCISCO, August 12
The steamer Orowaiti of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, is aground on Point Bullion, 150 miles south of hero.
EXCHANGE MARKET. XFAY YORK. Ang. 12
The liquidation of the London market. where holders of sterling are •cab ising a profit, afforded by t!l,: recent rise" has caus' d sterling to fall ami reach 158 5-S cents to tho £l. r.q.'oseiitio.T an overnight de~me l uce cents. The Continental exchange, however. lias remained stationary. Observers antnipate a lcnowed advance in sterling a> soon as the temporary liquidation is completed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1924, Page 2
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158AMERICAN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1924, Page 2
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