... ' 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 ...

... regard to gold mining shares , the market has been confused by the question of whether South Africa would remain on the gold standard or not , but there can be no doubt that in some form or other the British shareholder must get the benefit of a rise in ...

... currency management as will secure stability in the price level . There will be no disposition to advocate return to the gold standard . The Socialist declaration is certain to promise revocation of the cut in unemployment insurance benefit , ' and the general ...

... serious endeavour to ensure that thereshall not be any departure from , or any depreciation in the in-Jrinsic value of thai gold standard , the child life of tho nation . ( Applause . ) Mr Perciv . nl Sharp . Director of Education for Sheffield , said that ...

... FRF . F , STATE Mr Cosgrave and Gold Standard Suspension Mr Cosgrave . President of the Executive of the Irish l- ' ree ^ tatc , speaking at Limerick on Saturday night , referred to tho suspension of tho gold standard by Great Britain . It was ihe realisation ...

... everything else its existence and work have already been justified by the fact that before the pound was allowed to go off tho gold standard , preparations had been designed to protect the country from panic and to maintain the confidence reposed in it abroad ...

... 000 qrs ., 10 per cent ., Antwerp or Rotterdam . 7 lj cents , with options . October . CARDIFF . —The abandonment of the gold standard caused a considerable amount of uncertainty durinK the ptst week , and . b ^ reason , ol the cautiousness it induced , ...

... —Ociober , 4 . 20 c ; December , 4 . 33 c ; March , 4 . 49 c ; May , 4 . 50 c METALS . —Copper . —Tho abandonment of tbe gold standard by Great Britain nnd the consequent violent hicUiations in sterling oxcUange mide tho export market or copper almost a ...

... failed . It had been formed to keep the country on the gold standard , with ihe most wild and fantastic prophecies of both Mr MacDonald and Mr Snowdcn as to what would happen if we left the gold standard . None of these prophecies had . fortunately , been ...

... liquidation from abroad « as surprising io all concerned . The momentous decision on the following Sunday to suspend the Gold Standard brought some measure of relief , while the Comuiittee of the Stock Exchange wisely decided to close markets during the ...

... NORWAY AND SWEDEN FOLLOW BRITAIN Decisions to Suspend the Gold Standard Oslo ( Norway ) , September 2 T . -- Norway has temporaril y gono off tho gold standard . Tho decision followed a Cabinet meeting , which wns held at 11 o ' clock to night , King ...

... Federation , speaking at Bedlington , Northumberland , on Saturday , said that it was estimated that tho return to the gold standard in 1925 put 2 s . per ton on the cost of coal to the French importer . Since that time France and other countries had devalued ...