... The Gold Standard. Mr Boothby’s Seven-Year Plea. In the House of Commons, last week, Mr Robert Boothby, M.P. for East Aberdeenshire, followed Sir Oswald Mosley in an interesting debate on the Bill for the suspension of the gold standard. “I can at least ...

... Commenting in this column last week, on the prospects of an early Election, we pointed out that the suspension of the gold standard had probably removed the principal objection which the Government’s financial advisers had to an appeal to the country ...

... regarded as a pure hal- Jucination by every competent business man. The government has decided to suspend for six months the gold standard in this country in order to prevent bullion depletion of the Bank of England through the insistent demands of foreign nations ...

... hoot to show that hope is still on avultant wing. Tt's an ill wind that blows good to nobody, 2rd the departure from the gold standard is expected to benefit our staple industry, snd wmay perhaps have come in the wick of time to allow us to seramble out ...