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WONDERFUL BRITAIN. Most Secure Budget In The World

... WONDERFUL BRITAIN. Most Secure Budget In The World. Britain's suspension of the gold standard, decided upon by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and the National C created the greatest interest throughout the world yes. terday. On the Paris Bourse (above) and Wall ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 498 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MR. SNOWDEN'S DISCLOSURES

... un der the provisions ' &nd the Gold Standard \ I'll VNreply was sent: ent have given the most V'to v ° to ur letter of 19th ,'u'ii U n t° r ni the Government that it will have to obligations placed upon l - Gold Standard V the selling of gold in tho an ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3327 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CRISIS

... protagonists of the gold standard. But they interpret it in a form peculiar to themselves. They possess three-quarters of the Courier anb Hbverttser DUNDEE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1931. world's gold, but they do not defend the gold standard. They merely defend ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1125 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STALK OF CARLE-HEMP

... TUESDAY, - SEPT. 22, 1931. Financial Panic All Outside Britain. The Bill enabling Britain to depart temporarily from the gold standard went through Parliament yesterday at speed and with an absence of friction which will indicate to the world that the r ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 608 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WALL STREETS BIG RALLY. A DRAMATIC CHANGE FOR TIIE BETTER

... followed London's ' lead and remained closed yesterday, as the result of Britain's decision temporarily to abandon the gold standard. ' Reuter messages show that Paris, like most of the other markets that opened for business, was closed to foreign exchange ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 258 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BANK'S MESSAGE

... the situation had become so serious that it was quite evident it could no longer be dealt with except by suspending the gold standard, and so the Bank of England addressed message in the following terms to the Prime Alinister and myself: • I am instructed ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 379 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FLOWING LINES IN AFTERNOON GOWN

... long, tight el . The becoming black velvet picture hat is trimmed with paradise announcement of ths suspension of the gold standard. ospreys.— Daily Record photograph. , , - - : :,..• ral ,„.• 4 i .. 4 ~ „ ~.:•,.. 1, il 4 / . . .., , ~:, . ' ' I ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 843 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

BRITAIN SETS • EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD. • MR SNOWDEN EXPLAINS GOLD ACT SUSPENSION. MUST PROTECT OURSELVES ..wE ..

... Snowdon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the Rouse of Commons yosterday, in introducing the Bill for the suspension of the gold standard. The Chancellor explained that this step was necessary because of an unreasoned panic abroad. In the last two months ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 80 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PUBLIC ANXIOUS TO BUY SHARES

... the developments of the week-end. While looking back on the developments last week the country's decision to leave the gold standard cannot called surprising—it is not what members had exported when leaving business on Saturday morning. Nevertheless, the ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 835 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CONTROL OF IMPORTS

... Bill was proof the Government's failure, becauso there had been no panic, said that if we had gono off sterling and the gold standard in the early days the crisis with unbalanced Budget would have been driven into printing paper money to meet internal ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FULL TEXT OF SPEECH

... a country like France, paying at the rate of 4s in the pound and already owing us money, was keeping the pound on the gold standard ? That is a dilemma concerning which 1 would like to hear him say something. WHERE BRITAIN FAILED. My Boothby—lt may well ...