... 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 ...

... M OTORISTS will be affected especially by the Government’s suspension of the gold standard, for foreignmade cars will be kept out of this country and the prices of British cars may be expected t> go up. This is the opinion of ex perts in the trade, and ...

... agamst an election, which was that it would defeat our efforts _to maintain the gold standard,, have, of course, gone by board. ! ' We have been forced off the gold standard by the panicky action of foreign imvestors, who were influenced, not by fears of ...

... fact that the pound is no longer or the gold standard makes us actually neither richer nor poorer. If a great new goldfield had just been discovered, this country would have been able to rgmain on the gold standard, but our wealth would be no greater. ...

... -i report and had Mr Snowden Chancellor of the Exchequer broadcast a talk on the Government’s decision to suspend the gold standard, from 11 Downing Street, laet night He eaid;— that unless fr from witnesses obtained. U not HU' there £ ing of the •’Friends ...

... Signs of the Times! of the fact that the suspension of th Gold Standard will benefit British trade, “ The Sunderland Echo’ was officially tnfermed this afternoon that a prominent Wearside ship-build- ing firm have had two definite inquiries for ships-—the ...

... GOVERNMENT TO GO AHEAD. The Gold (Amendment) Bill, introduced by the Government to suspend the operation of the Gold Standard, passed through all s.ages in the House ominous and the House of Ixirds last night and received the Royal Assent. amendment in ...

... a day historic, importance the financial world. The announcement that the Cabinet on Sunday evening had suspended the gold standard to which the country returned a little more than six years ago eseatod a sensation throughout the country and brought home ...

... inflation l»y the great lion sterling I was referring t might happen if did not balan. Budget ami at the same time had don the gold standard “It would have been a very different thing if the pound had Ix-gun month •o ago. when had huge deficit in the national ...

... freight market was almost idle pending settlement of the foreign exchanges following the action ot the Government over the gold standard. The few fixtures arranged were at previous rates. Fixtures: — ...

... Preventing Hardship. Major Elliot: When this country is upon the gold standard then we know what we are horrowing against. When we are not on the gold standard we do not know what we are borrowing against. Answering questions as to what was the mechanism ...

... FEELING OF RELIEF. Jamaica Proposal for Empire Fund to Help Britain. The British Government’s decision to suspend the gold standard still continues to have widespread repercussion in all the financial markets of the world. Throgmorton Street was again ...