MORATORIUM IN BRITAIN
LONG BANK HOLIDAY TURNING OUT BANK NOTES ; ■ ("Times" end Sydner "Sun" Services.) (R«c\ August 5, 5,45 p.m.) London, August 4. Tho Bank of England printers aro working twelve-hour shifts, producing vast quantities'of ,S5 notes. . The issue of ponnd notes is regarded ns impracticable. The House of Commons passed a Bill embodying the Moratorium, fllso prolonging the Bank Holiday to Tuesday and Wednesday. The holiday does' not apply to general industry. The Bank holiday has bcou prolonged over Thursday, The Houso of Commons passed all tho outstanding votes for supply amounting to a hundred millions in teu minutes. Eiglity-livo per cent, .was paid at Word's to insure ajeinst war between Britain and Geiaiaav for three months,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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118MORATORIUM IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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