THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CHANCELLOR QUESTIONED FREE STATE'S INDEBTEDNESS. LONDON, June 18. In the House of Commons Mr Neville Chamberlain, questioned regarding the Government's attitude to the Free State’s indebtedness, declined to state the terms on which he was prepared to settle, lie explained that if the Free State paid the arrears and promised to pay in full in the future, that would be taken into account, but in the course of warfare of this sort things occurred which after a time were difficult to remove. Nevertheless he adhered to Mr Thomas’s statement that when the Exchequer was recouped for the loss caused through the Irish default, the duties would cease. MONETARY POLICY. NO TIME FOR DISCUSSION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 18. In reply to a question in the House of Commons, the’ Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay MacDonald) said he regretted that in the present state of parliamentary business he could hold out no hope of special time being given for the discussion of monetary policy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22293, 20 June 1934, Page 7
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