... director of the Federation of Industries yesterday expressed the following opinions on the Government's decision suspend gold standard: There is nothing in the decision to ion alarr go off gold which unduly the public Fundamentally position the country is ...

... these rumours. Mr. Arthur Henderson saw the Prime Minister on Sunday night, when he was acquainted with tho terms of the Gold Standard Amendment Bill, and the reasons which had Jed to its introduction. ...

... at a standstill. as operators were compelled to await the settlement of the exchange following the abandonment of the gold standard. A limited amount of chartering was reported, and con. sisted mainly of the acceptance of firm offers made before the week-end ...

... unfavourable trade position” Position Under Control Mr D R Grenfell (Gower Glamorgan Lab) asked whether through the off the gold standard devaluation to certain extent of pound was not the Prime Minister the position of actually adding beyond 10 per cent to ...

... show a marked advance. Wheat, rubber, cotton, flour, tin, and copper all recorded sharp advances. India has suspended the Gold Standard. The Indian Delegation of Princes in London have decided to forego the expenses offered by the British Government in connection ...

... coal trade is mainly with foreign countries, 70 per cent. of the production being shipped abroad. The suspension of the Gold standard is looked upon se a factor likely to disturb the foreignwise coal export trade, said Sir David R. Llewellyn, the head ...

... young husband of his real father's daughter, though he had also been the husband of his motherand if I go on like this the gold standard won't be the only thing that has been suspended. The point is that it is both hopeless and unnecessary to analyse so riotous ...

... interest that could only be described as tense” Then there was a movement of relaxation as though the question of the gold standard had been settled forever and a voice concluded And I’ve used that same pair of nail clippers for thirty-five years ! -It ...

... Henderson to No. 10. Downing-street during the week-end was with the sole object of discussing the bill abolishing the gold standard, and that the conversation between the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition had no relation to the purely political ...

... 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 ...

... indication of panic on the part of investors. For the most part they have accepted tho City view- that the abandonment of the Gold Standard in the present circumstances is for them, as for the country as a whole, a blessing, although it may be heavily in disguise ...

... Snowden's broadcast talk last night helped the country t realise the stupendous efforts that have been made to maintain the gold standard. The trouble' of other countries, however, rendered the task impossible, and now we have to make the best of the prevailing ...