... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... there was an active street market from ten o’clock. The feeling generally was one of relief that the suspension of the gold standard had not brought about a crash in sterling, and as a consequence business was encouraged. The Stock Exchange Committee met ...

... is meeting again this morning to decide the further attitude of German Slock Exchanges regard to the suspension of the gold standard in Great Britain. Business as usual, and no nervousness among their clients, was the experience of German banks in general ...

... 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 ...

... problems weighing on the world. gains at yesterday’s close of from 1| to 1| cents bushel over Saturday. The suspension of the gold standard by Great Britain is generally regarded in favourable light by the American newspapers. The New York Times congratulates ...

... rather well to the feelings of people as 1 find them to-day. They simply cannot take a catastrophic view of the loss of the gold standard. They had a great shock a month ago, when British credit was threatened. Now British credit has had the hardest knock it ...

... Expedients” LEGISLATION TO CONTROL FOOD PRICES ? BANKS PASS A NORMAL DAY. THE Bill for the temporary suspension of the Gold Standard introduced in Parliament yesterday passed all its stages in both Houses, and last night received the Royal Assent by Commission ...

... to-day. Arrivals from South Africa consisted 250,000 sovereigns and £404.C00 in bars, and in view of the fact that the gold standard has ceased to operate in this country considerable interest was taken in the price which this consignment is likely to ...

... CANADA. Unperturbed by the British Government’s action with respect to the gold standard, and encouraged by an increased export demand with unfavourable reports of the quantity and quality of the wheat crops of other countries* the price of wheat on the ...