... BRITAIN OFF THE GOLD STANDARD. Drastic Action by Cabinet. WHAT THE LATEST CRISIS MEANS, Britain is passing throngh a period of severe shocks, and yesterday morning the people of this country awoke to the realisation that another eritical financial situation ...

... of a hastily-convened meeting of the Cabinet, held on Sunday night, it was decided that Britain should depart from the gold standard. Yesterday the House of Commons adopted the measures necessary to give effect to this decision. It had been thought that ...

... important that the country should fully realise that the suspension of the sale of gold at a fixed price, as provided by the Gold Standard Act of 1925 will not interfere with the daily operations necessary for the carrying on of the business of the country as ...

... nine years. In 1922, 1 would remind hon. members opposite, the Genoa Conference warned the world that an international gold standard ...

... 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 ...

... should have gone on for so long attempting the impossible. What have we been trying to do? We decided to go back to the gold standard on the pre-War parity of exchange.—(lnterruption). It is no good hon. members opposite saying that it was Mr Churchill ...