... 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 ...

... to Downing Street, and respite affords an opportunity for politicians to observe the effects of the suspension of the gold standard. Although in a more subdued key the controversy between the advocates of early election and those who take a contrary view ...

... reference to Mr Liddell said ho had taken to China and had brought homo with him sterling qualities which had remained on the gold standard . Mr Liddell said that when anyone wont to another country to try to givo tho peoplo of that country what one felt one ...

... alternatives—the tariff as a means both of assisting the balance of trade and of raising revenue, or the abandonment of the gold standard, with the consequent reorganisation of central bank- ine. both national and international. He recalls Mr Henderson’s admission ...

... was going to affect multitudes of the population which had already less money to spend as a result the suspension of the gold standard. The Government found no difficulty in carrying tho guillotine motion by 283 to 216, a majority of sixty-seven. Navy Cuts ...

... Nautilus, Sir Hubert Wilkins's submarine, which is to have watery grave. Gandhi did three things yesterday—ho discussed the gold standard at the Federal Structure Committee meeting; cancelled his week-end visit to Lancashire; and in a little room Canning Town ...

... morning , the methods adopted b y Independent Labour party and other back bench members in yesterday ' s proceedings on the Gold Standard Suspension Bill . The leaders were at a disadvantage in that there had not been the usual decision of a party meeting as ...

... prospect which until a few days ago it dreaded , a change due , no doubt , to the fact that since the suspension of ¦ the Gold Standard has taken placetwo or three weeks of uncertainty abroad while the appeal is being made to the country can have no more ...

... Moderate northly winds ; mainly fair ; moderate day temperature ; ground frost locally at night . ( p . 7 . ) Government and Gold Standard A Treasury order has been issued prohibiting the purchase of foreign exchange by British nationals and residents in the ...

... Stock Market Lingo TERMS THAT ARE IN EVERYDAY USE the last few days and particularly since the suspension of the gold standard men and women who previously seldom gave thought to high finance have been showing an unusual interest in the activities of ...

... MEN AND WOMEN OF TO-DAY King's Retort. Although the rapidity the events which cjftised the Government's decision the gold standard may have taken him by surprise, the Prime Minister displayed a cheerfulness of demeanour in contrast the gravity which marked ...