COUNTRY GOSSlgXtt The Burden of the Day

... COUNTRY GOSSlgXtt The Burden of the Day. The suspension of the Gold Standard has been accepted very quietly as far as I have been able to judge. The need for such a check on our foreign outgoings has been readily recognised, and whatever inconvenience ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
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NEW STEPS TO CORRECT

... NEW STEPS TO CORRECT TRADE BALANCE. Government Leaders Determined to Go Ahead. GOLD STANDARD BILL PASSED. Effect of Decision on Paris and New York Money Markets. ...

@The BHuchan Observer. TUESDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 19231 THE WEEK. Gold and Grit

... 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 ...

norox or walm rrxskxt

... introduce a Bill to suspend the operation of Section 1 (Sub-Section 8) of the Gold Standard Act, 1985, and for other purposes connected therewith. In addition to suspending the gold standard it indemnifies the Bank of England for having yesterday acted in advance ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CHANCELLOR'S WORST AND BEST NEWS

... the gold standard a City expert writes : Frankly, the Government for this act deserves three cheers. It may lead to more constructive ways out than the Budget. It shows strength of purpose and a freedom from superstition about the gold standard as a ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 71 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

By OUR CITY EDITOR

... be of interest to many of my readers who hitherto have taken our currency for granted. The under-lying principle of the gold standard is that our currency notes and banknotes should have a definite gold value, which value is represented by the gold that ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 78 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

LIVERPOOL MERCURY TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1931 FINANCE AND COMMERCE THE FLUCTUATING POUND RISING COMMODITY PRICES ..

... enjoyed unaccustomed buoyancy and dealers told each other that it was not altogether a bad thing for country to come off gold standard A good deal the early advance in later dealings Wild Fluctuations New York opened was possible to get official foreign ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4585 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CITY SHEFFIELD AND

... CITY SHEFFIELD AND THE GOLD change. effect on civic FINANCES. PATRIOTIC APPEAL. The Government’s action suspendj the gold standard did not have any rticeable effect in Sheffield yesterday. aC cordance with their custom in ,:,i. IL down whenever the London ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 667 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

NEW STEPS TO CORRECT

... NEW STEPS TO CORRECT TRADE BALANCE. GOLD STANDARD BILL PASSED EXCHANGE TO REMAIN CLOSED. Mr gold .Standard (Arnowluteut introduced. the Govetwinent to itpipend the operation el the Gold Standard, patned a through all the ROOM of a t the Noose of Lords ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Penrith Observer
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 770 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CHEERS IN THROGMORTON STREET

... there seas 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. A COMING BOON? Early quotations ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 708 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WESTMINSTER OPINION

... panicky tendencies the whole situation will steadily improve. KEVIBED ESTIMATE When the news that Britain was off the gold standard was announced this morning the comment most politicians was Well, any rate that dispose of the general election. Reflection ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 433 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE WORLD'S NEED OF GOLD

... cheerful, if a till unorthodox, though it has seemed for long time past to truer Britain has been forced to abandon the gold standard; the majority ot other countries will shortly (some have already) been forced to follow suit. I only regret that ever went ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1931
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 883 | Page: 3 | Tags: none