26 SEPTEMBER 1931, page 6

The Week In Parliament

r 1HE world was waiting on Monday (while the pound floundered) for the legislation which would- legally—take Britain off the Gold Standard ; every seat in the galleries was......

Off The Gold Standard

I—What it Means and Why It Happened BY HARTLEY WITHERS. M ANY very clever people have been telling the public about the crisis and the pound sterling and its par value, and......