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The Gold Standard

... The Gold Standard Sir,—May I express a point of view which at this juncture is cheerful, if still unorthodox, though it has seemed to me for a long time past to be true ? Britain has been forced to abandon the gold standard; the majority of other countries ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 631 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE GOLD STANDARD BILL

... of concerted action among the different nations on the question of the gold standard. It was impossible for the world to go on as it was doing. We were forced off the gold standard and America had something like 000 millions and France 450 or 500 millions ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 3734 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GOLD STANDARD SUSPENSION

... GOLD STANDARD SUSPENSION. more gold reserve of the Bank to go. That is a question to which both the Government and the Bank of Eng:and gave anxious and careful consideration. If it had appeared that the drain could have been stopped by the exportation ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1685 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GOLD STANDARD ACT

... under Section 1 (3) of the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act, which was passed through Parliament last night:— The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury, in pursuance of Section 1 (3) of the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act, 1931. hereby order that until ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 247 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Gold Standard Abandoned

... Gold Standard Abandoned. Historic Debate in Parliament. Chancellor Explains the Situation And Urges Public Coolness. Your Money is Perfectly Safe.” In the House of Commons yesterday the announcement by the Prime Minister participated they were adding ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1388 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PARLIAMENT AND THE GOLD STANDARD

... PARLIAMENT AND THE GOLD STANDARD. THOUGH_ the Government Bill to suspend the operation of that section of the Gold Standard Act of 1925, which requires the Bank of England to sell gold at a fixed price, only became law late yesterday evening, in effect ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 412 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Gold Standard and Foreign Travel

... Gold Standard and Foreign Travel Tourist agencies do not take a serious view of the suspension of the gold standard affecting bookings for foreign travel during the autumn . A representative of Thos . Cook & Son ( Ltd . ) last night said : —It is a little ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 184 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE GOLD STANDARD: WHAT IT MEANS

... are on the gold standard. Tho gold standard means a little more than this, howeven Under the Gold Standard Act of 1925 the Bank of England is pledged to sell gold bullion to any one who wants to buy it at the rate of £3 17s. per ounce troy. is pledged, ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PASSAGE OF GOLD STANDARD BILL

... PASSAGE OF GOLD STANDARD BILL. From Our Parliamentary Correspondent. WESTMINSTER. Monday. AT a quarter past eleven to-night the Bill dropping the gold standard received the Royal Assent in the House of Lords. It had passed all its stages in both Houses ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 594 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DEPARTURE FROM GOLD STANDARD

... DEPARTURE FROM GOLD STANDARD REASSURING OPINIONS PLYMOUTH Interviewed The Western Morning News yesterday on the departure from the gold standard, competent judges in the West expressed alarm. They emphasized that the best way to restore the value of ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 672 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GOLD STANDARD ACT EXPLAINED

... GOLD STANDARD ACT EXPLAINED CONSERVATIVE AGENT'S TALK TO DERBY ASSOCIATION Mr. E. S. Riley, agent to Derby Conservative Association, gave an address to Normanton Ward Men's Association, last night, the suspension of the Gold Standard Act. He explained ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Going Off the Gold Standard

... Going Off the Gold Standard. A series of circumstances has compelled Britain to come off the gold standard. ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 18 | Page: 6 | Tags: none