BANK OF ENGLAND.
NIGHTLY DUTY OF GUARDS.
QUESTION IN THE COMMONS
Australian Press Association—United Service LONDON. July 9. The Secretary of State for War. Mr. Thomas Shaw, speaking in the House of Commons, informed Mr. Oliver Baldwin (Labour) that for 150 years the War Office had supplied a military guard for the Bank of England. As the Government's bank and the custodian of the country's gold reserves its position was obviously different from that of other banks.
Mr. Shaw said he was willing to consider any useful suggestion concerning the abolition of the guard.
A "bank guard" is furnished every evening and marched to the bank by the Battalion of Foot Guards which is on duty.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20304, 11 July 1929, Page 11
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116BANK OF ENGLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20304, 11 July 1929, Page 11
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