... Labour Party. The Gold Standard. The most impressive aspect of the House of Commons to-day was the absence of excitement and the general tone of restraint among members of all parties. The Bill for the suspension of the gold standard obviously subordinated ...

... JUMP IN METAL PRICES. Ono favourable reaction to the gold standard decision was the sharp rise in ()I - modify prices. Quite an active and excited session was manifest in the London Metal Exchange. At first the leading metals were advanced as a r-sult ...

... the export advantage will disappear, and there will be greater impoverishment among our customers. The £ without the gold standard Is like a ship without a rudder. 1141 E rising cost of living which must inevitably, if gradually, follow the decline in ...

... interview, said although it was difficult to form an opinion at the moment, as to the probable effect of dropping the gold standard on business, the general feeling in the city was that it would be very much better for trade and industry. The prices of ...

... England announced nil as its bullion operations yester• day, There Was an idea in market circles that now we are off the gold standard daily bullion movements will not be reported by the Bank, but some were under the impression that the 1250.000 in sovereigns ...

... Labour Front Bench was most noticeable, both during questions and during the back-bench attempt to delay the passage of the Gold Standard Bill. Then came Mr. Henderson's olive 'branch which. thogglz 11 bail VA appearance of spontaneity, was greeted with suspicion ...

... loan of over £4.000,000! Hit; greatest achievement was performed soon after the War when England had to return to the gold standard. It was the opinion of Mr. Keynes, one of the leading economists of the world, that the process would take a number of ...

... makes the right choice. I do not see why shou’d 'not recover our lost position. The very fact {that since came off the gold standard the ' value of the £ has only depreciated slightly [shows what inherent strength there is the country and- with what real ...

... AMERICA CONGRATULATES BRITAIN. THE RIGHT THING DONE PROMPTLY. THE BRITISH COVERNMENT'S decision to suspend the gold standard still continues to have widespread repercussions in all the financial markets of the world. In view of the Chancellor's comments ...

... the disasters that happened in Germany when the German currency was inflated in 19'23. On Monday last we invent off the gold standard, and on that day the Chancellor spoke in a different tone, and said that he saw no reason why sterling should depreciate ...

... there was an active street market 'rem ten o'clock. The feeling, generally, aas one of relief that the suspension of .he gold standard had not brought about a crash in sterling, and, as a conselucnce, business was encouraged. House to Re-open To-morrow. ...

... of mine when I am on international finance): 'fake it from me, Mrs. Pennington-Stillbottle, the sooner we go off the Gold Standard the better. She said she expected I knew and promised to pass my words on to her husband—though I doubt whether she did ...