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IRISH BANK RATE

... returned too quickly Io tho gold standard , and so fan : as tho linen trade is concerned it- hus not been so prosperous since tho war as when the £ 1 sterling was worth only about , four dollars . As soon as tho gold standard was adopted Continental linen ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 640 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

•' we may have to adopt , as we did In connection with the Budgetmany expedients which m other circumstances

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 421 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Parliamentary Report REASONS FOR GOLD STANDARD BEX ? Salary Cuts to be Reduced , TO AFFECT TEACHERS , POLICE ..

... introduce such legislation . GOLD STANDARD BILL MR SNOWDESPS EXPLANATION When the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose after questions to ask leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the operation of Sub-Section 2 , Section 1 of the Gold Standard Act , 1925 , and for ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 9430 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

PRODUCE

... PRODUCE LONDON .- —Practically all Mincing Lime markets wrro exciled and unsettled , owing to the abandonment of the gold standard and exchange r * U uncertainty , i ' lrmnt-ss P ^ cvailedon reserve ot sellers and a ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3626 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TRADE REPORTS

... TRADE REPORTS THE METAL MARKETS LONDON . —Fears of a depreciation in sterling following the suspension , ot the gold standard led to an all-iound marking up o ( prices oi all non-ferrous metals . Copper . —The standard market opened quietly , there being ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2526 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SOCIALIST M . P . AND GOLD STANDARD

... SOCIALIST M . P . AND GOLD STANDARD Mr William Brooke , Socialist M . P . for Dumbartonshire , speaking at Castlceary last night , said that wo wero not tho only nation which had a deficit in its Budget at tho present time . He believed that tho present ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 685 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Montreal Exchange Restrictions

... sales . Tho move whs announced as of a temporary jiaturo to meet Uio situation caused by the partial suspension of tho gold standard in Grout Britain . It was stutod that tho restrictions would not apply to Government bonds . Tho Toronto Stock Exehango ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

LONDON STOCKBROKERS BUSY

... consequence was that °' a ° ac^ve street market from ten The Fee| ing of Relief. ® generally was one of relief a of the gold standard had about crash in sterling, and 9 o ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 687 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SHOE WEAR OF QUALITY ECONOMY PRICES

... rushed through Pariiament emergency legislation to stop the outflow of gold. This took the form an Act to »«pend the gold standard for the tima being, 9ft September 22, 1031 •PhonelM ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 443 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STOCK AND TRADE NOTES

... for the time being. Its course, naturally, reflects the feeling abroad concerning our momentous decision to abandon the gold standard and simultaneously advance Bank rate to the penal level of 6 per cent Throughout the day the exchange value cf tho £ was ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 872 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WHAT IT MEANS

... 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 ...