5 OCTOBER 1929, page 3

Austria Herr Schober, Who Succeeded Dr. Streeruwitz As...

last week, has secured what the Austrian people above all need—a short truce to rival political demonstrations. When Herr Schober took over the Chancellorship he had- no time to......

* *. * The Shearer Inquiry .

It is impossible to summarize the tangled, inquiry whi . ch is being conducted by a Sub-Committee of the American Senate into the propagandist methods of Mr. William B. Shearer.......

The Bank Rate On Thursday, September 26th, The Bank Rate

was raised from 51- per cent to 61 per cent. As was expected there was some outcry from industrialists who said that all their schemes for developing business would be thwarted......

The Labour Party Constitution The Last Business On...

a consideration of the proposed new Constitution for the Party. The Con- ference was obviously hostile to the proposal that there should be a new class of Associate Members who......

Egypt.

On Wednesday Mahmud Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, resigned. The Wafd had made his position impossible by refusing to join in any Coalition Govern- ment. It was only a......

Bank Rate, 6/ Per Cent., Changed From 5f Per Cent.,

on September 26th, 1929. WaiLoan(5 per cent) was on Wednesday 101; on Wednesday week 101* ; a year ago, 102 It ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 821x.d, ; on......

The Present Experience Has Been No Exception To The Rule.

This week the foreign exchanges have turned distinctly in favour of Great Britain. All the principal exchanges, including the French, show an advance. On Tuesday more than......