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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

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

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

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

SOUTH AFRICA AND GOLD STANDARD

... SOUTH AFRICA AND GOLD STANDARD. Johannesburg. Tuesday. The Stock remains closed to-day as the committee de. cided to &dings before Snowing Makin Govern=amprogoaes to continue an or to etsellog. It is that the chairmen ot the stock ts conferrft with Kr ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FULL REPORT OF THE GOLD STANDARD DEBATE

... FULL REPORT OF THE GOLD STANDARD DEBATE. R. SNOWDEN, in his statement to the House of mons on the Bill to amend rZGold Standard Act of L‘S, said : — This is a Bill for the lgorary amendment of the Standard Act of 1925, and fmendment takes the form of ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 1487 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LIGHTNING PASSAGE OF GOLD STANDARD BILL

... level, whatever that might be. Coming off the gold standard was not the tragedy it had been represented to be. by supporters of the Government and the Press, who had talked as if going off the. gold standard meant the end of the world. Sir Oswald Mosley ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2697 | Page: 8 | Tags: none