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QUESTION OF TOLLS A PR') V"-!(yN RETAINED. (Reccivcii A rgxist 9, 11.30 a.m.) WA t,r " fITON : August. 8. Tlio Senate rinsedlast night, In- > ' votes to 11, *" tfr'iko out of the Panama Canal T517! the provision exempting American snips from payment of toll on srou!-- through the canal. Senator Cnmmins said the question was not f" > for arbitration. Should diplomacy fail war would Sie the final arbiter.
An amendment requiring; owners of coastwise vessels to exempt the Government from liabilities in cases of. damage was defeated. Another amendment providing that American-owned vessels built -abroad should bo entitled to registration as belonging to the coastwise trajtte was defeated.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 10 August 1912, Page 5
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117PANAMA CANAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 10 August 1912, Page 5
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