THE NEW SITUATION

... THE NEW SITUATION It is a matter for great satisfaction that the Government ' s decision , suspending the gold standard has been received by the country with general approval and an entire absence of panic . The emergency Bill giving effect to the change ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1313 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... evidently unable to appreciate the difference' between a departure from the Gold Standard with the Budget m a condition or assured solvency , and being pushed off the Gold Standard while national finance under the management of their leaders was still in ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 989 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Gold Standard and Foreign Travel

... Gold Standard and Foreign Travel Tourist agencies do not take a serious view of the suspension of the gold standard affecting bookings for foreign travel during the autumn . A representative of Thos . Cook & Son ( Ltd . ) last night said : —It is a little ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 184 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

GOLD STANDARD SUSPENSION BILL * Measure Passes All Stages Mr SNOWDEN EXPLAINS THE SITUATION Hoarding by France ..

... GOLD STANDARD SUSPENSION BILL * Measure Passes All Stages Mr SNOWDEN EXPLAINS THE SITUATION Hoarding by France and America a Cause of Trouble FOREIGN PANIC SELLING OF SECURITIES FOR CASH ¦ Parliament had yesterday a busy and exciting , day . Both Houses ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1002 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CHEERFUL COMMONS

... from iho K .. 1 . 1 Standard . The mood to-night was easily explained . This was no uncontrolled r . naUnig off the Gold Standard . It was ( i . hWate , calculated policy , with a definite if urgent purpose , and * perhaps with a • hHIenge in it to ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1952 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

tion of the situation with regard to the gold standard . What had brought us down from the pold standard

... tion of the situation with regard to the gold standard . What had brought us down from the pold standard was that other countries wero so disturbed in their finance that they had been forced io call in all their available sources of supply . PASSED IN ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

.. .. . * i MANY MARKETS IDLE ' • ¦ ' - » —* . ' . ¦ . ¦ . . ' - . - New -York and Paris Dealings SHORT ..

... followed London's lead and remained closed yesterday as the result of Great Britain ' s decision temporarily to abandon the gold standard , The Paris Bourse was closod to foreign exchange dealings , so ( says Reuter ) virtually the only key to world financial ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 458 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

LEGISLATION

... crises that could be met by borrowing/ Major ELLIOT: When this country is upon the gold standard, then we know what we are borrowing against. When we are not on the gold standard, we do not know what we are borrowing against. Answering questions as to what ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 263 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GREAT BRITAIN FIRST

... importance at the present juncture were emphasised in the admirably lucid speech with which MR. Srrownztr introduced the Gold Standard Bill in the House of Commons yesterday. The first, and probably the most essential, is confidence—confidence in our ability ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 674 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

IN THE PROVINCES

... IN THE PROVINCES. ' The Gold Standard Is Not a Necessity of Life. The president of the Glasgow Chamber , of Commerce, Mr. Hugh G. Cree, address• ing, the chamber on Monday, said: We must remember that the goad standard is not a necessity of life, and ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

By Candidus

... be just the same, but we should be uncomfortable until we got a new sct of tables. Similarly with the suspension of the gold standard of the pecund. \What the pound is worth will depend not on a fixed standard, but on what people think, or pretend t> think ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 198 | Page: 6 | Tags: none