... maintenance , of the Gold &tamlard as a monetary system of international exchange . It has now been decided to abolish the Gold standard , and this we are told has been done at tho request of the bankers themselves . '' Just as tho Government has been proved ...

... necessary to niain-;^ : n ihe : otal amount of gold sterling assets against th - paper currency in circulation , as well as gold standard reserves . I he Ordinance suspending the statutory obligation -. o sell sterling or gold against rupees should b ? roitored ...

... Thoy had gono offi tho gold standard . Thoy would all of them havo to do their utmost , both in their private capacity and as citizens , to see that Britain pulled through . Thcro was something more important than the gold standard , and that was the gold ...

... impose a further test of the stability of the £ L Rumours were present concerning the departure of other countries from the Gold Standard , Sweden and Italy being particularly mentioned , end the offering of foreign currencies for sale in London in the late ...

... a National Government ¦ which * had acted with deci-ion and promptness . It had been said that the departure from the gold standard should have very much the same effect as a tariii . but ihat was a dangerous assumption to make . The value of the £ 1 ...

... reading this book Price 5s from Booksellers or post free from the Publishers, B. Ftasei & Co., 62 Pepya Ed., London, 5.W.20. GOLD STANDARD SUSPENDED. Unexpected Decision Cabinet’s Sunday Meeting. BANK RATE RAISED TO 6 PER CENT. Following a Sunday meeting of ...

... mbled hardly betokened hope of its acceptance . | Opposition Tactics While few of them objected to a departure from the Gold Standard , the Back Bench Socialists thought the time opportune to gird at the National Government , to talk of the injustice to ...

... ' s invitation to M . Laval to visit the United States , coinciding as it happens with Britain ' s departure from the gold standard , has prompted some French journalists to proclaim that after many vicissitudes France ' s hour has come . From this point ...

... been allowed to subside , that Britain is merely reverting to the position which sho was in before the resumption of the gold standard in 1925 . Unfortunatel y , the Opposition are still refusing to admit the need for economies , though their leaders had ...

... apart from occasional rain or showers ; cool during day : sround frost locallv at night . ( P- 5 . ) Government and Gold Standard In a broadcast talk the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared that the British Budget was now the most securely balanced ...

... postponed . The question was side-tracked last week-end by the renewed crisis which culminated in the suspension of the gold standard . Those who wast to avoid submitting themselves to . the electorate—that is to say , the Socialist Opposition and the Free ...

... pound will not make much difference in the municipal budget, which will not be directly affected by the abolition of the gold standard. _ _ ...