UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

MORE HUN OUTRAGES, LIVE STOCK FOR ALLIES POISONED. Renter Service. •eceived August 17, 11.5 p.m. New York, August 17. Investigation into the plot to poison horses, winch were consigned lo Britain from lowa, shows a widespread attempt ! by German agents to kill live stock consigned to the Allies. AMERICAN WAR HARVEST. . 270 MILLIONS IN LOANS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association—Copyright. Received August 1?, 7.15 p.m. New York, August 10. Since the war, foreign Governments have raised :C;!70,000,000 in the United States, whereof .tiOO.OOO.OGO was Tor belligerents, of whom Great Britain was the chief borrower with £110,000,000. SECURITY FOR LOAN TO BRITAIN. New York, August 10. United States steel shares, which fell to 3S in 1015, to-day reached 01, the highest since 11)10. Loan notes will shortly be offered to the public at 00, plus interest. British taxes arc not to be assessed against the notes. The securities consist ol three groups of bonds and stocks of \merieau corporations, Canadian Government bonds, Canadian IPacilio Railway bonds, and bonds and other obligations of specified neutral Powers. In each case bonds must be of the total value of a hundred million dollars, and their aggregate market value must be at least 20 per cent, in excess of the face value of Mie loan. THE LOAN ANNOUNCED. New York, August 10. A new British loan is announced for "50 million dollars for two years, interest lit the rate of o per cent. Morgan's announce details of the loan. I.t is dated September 1. 'Britain has ■the option to redeem the whole or the part at thirty days' notice at 101, plus accrued interest until August 31, 1917, mid thereafter at flOO'/j. Securities for lliree hundred million dollars must be approved by Morgan's. It is understood | that the loan is chiefly to steady the 'rate of exchange.