... everything else its existence and work have already been justified by the fact that before the pound was allowed to go off tho gold standard , preparations had been designed to protect the country from panic and to maintain the confidence reposed in it abroad ...

... according to an old Danish custom , is served , followed by a State dinner in tho evening . Denmark having gone off tho gold standard , which step Sweden is expected to followit has been decided by tne Danish . Government , after conference with the Copenhagen ...

... BRITAIN IS SOUND Mr f3nowden's statement of the case for linspending the gold standard was admirable in striking the right note of seriousness while carefully avoiding any suggcs. Ikon of panic and showing how unjustified any panic would be. It is much ...

... recovered in a revival , it international confidence results , as it did during the post-war years before tho return to the Gold Standard , in an inflow of funds into London as the safest place for them . ...

... London yesterday , stato : — With Iho prospect of some diminution in foreign imports following tho departure from ( ho gold standard , wo desire to assure the public that New Zealand will make , an unprecedented elfort to increaso tho supplies of food ...

... exchange to he resumed in an atmosphere of calm and confidence . ITALY AND THE GOLD STANDARD An authoritative statement that . Italy does not intend to go off the gold standard is reported to have been recently sent- by the Italian Government and the Governor ...

... Mfl fUNDm ON COLD Indian Government Action Criticised Mr Gandhi referred to tho question of tho Gold Standard at yesterday ' s meeting of tho Federal Structure Committee . Ho said that whije every thoughtful Congress man must sympathise with the British ...

... 000 qrs ., 10 per cent ., Antwerp or Rotterdam . 7 lj cents , with options . October . CARDIFF . —The abandonment of the gold standard caused a considerable amount of uncertainty durinK the ptst week , and . b ^ reason , ol the cautiousness it induced , ...

... increased in ' the hope of further results . For instance , if , as is expected in many quarters , the suspension of the Gold Standard gives an impetus to trade , as it should do after the first uncertaint y has subsidedthe number of unemployed will be ...

... if an increasing number of the employers were willing to guarantee some basic or minimum wage . With Britain off the Gold Standard , there should be a stimulus to Lancashire exports , but in this pase account must be taken of the political problem in ...

... naturally anxious in regard to the futuro prospects o £ insurance companies in connection with tho departure from the gold standard . So far as can be seen at present there appears no reason for any marked decline in insurance chares . In some quarters ...

... , since no decision has been made in regard to linking- sterling with the gold standard , and i 1 . I ( * I 1 purchasing shares merely on tho assumption that the gold standard will not be re-established is obviously in the nature of speculation . Nevertheless ...