TO BALANCE BUDGET
SECURE TRADE EQUILIBRIUM
MAINTAIN VALUE OF POUND
(British Official Wireless A
RUGBY, 17th November.
In the House of Commons at question time the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, staited that there were a number of important conditions, some not subject to the Government's control, which must be satisfied before the stabilisation of starling in terms of gold could be contemplated. The Government's immediate object was to balance the Budget, to rectify the adverse trade balance, and Ico maintain the internal purchasing power of tho pound. : Beplying to another question} he said that, for reasons already stat;ed, the Government did not, consider an;y useful purpose would be served by calling an international conference on sitter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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119TO BALANCE BUDGET Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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