BIRTH OF NEW FRANC
ORGY OF BUYING (United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 3rd October, 2 p.m.) PARIS, 2nd October. The Bourse celebrated the birth of the new franc with an orgy of buying. Weeks of quiet were broken when throngs of brokers’ clerks jammed in an inextricable shrieking mass fought to buy on the rise. The authorities decided to keep the rises between 15 and 20 per cent. Consequently business is almost confined to outside brokers. International stocks soared.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 13
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