MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —CJPYRIGHT.^ BRITISH GOLD RESERVE. LONDON, October, :30. The Ctinliffc Committee on the money question has furnished an interim report, It stated that imperative considerations make necessary the maintenance of an effective gold standard which should be restored without delay after the war. To effect this, Government borrowing must c-case as soon as possible after the war. The machinery for making the bank rate effective must be kept in working ymler. The issue of fiduciary notes must be limited by law, as soon as practicable. An jflarly resumption ofl the circulation of gold coin is not necessary' or desirable. M T hiic the importation of gold should be free of all restriction, its export should be subject to the condition'that such gold or bullion should be free of all restriction, its export. All the country’s gold reserves should be hold in one central institution. All the banks should therefore thansfer any gold they hold to the Rank of England. IRELAND’S POSITION. LONDON, Oct. 30. In the House pf Commons at the Nationalist Leader. Air. Dillon’s request the Government agreed to allot Tuesday for tlie discussion of a motion by Air Dillon, in favour of the application of President AVilson’s fourteen points to Ireland. BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT., LONDON, Oct. 30. In the House of Commons, Mr Baldwin stated that the National Debt outstanding was approximately '.PC,875,000,000. SOUTH AMERICAN VIEWS. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 30. The “New York Times” 'Washington correspondent states if. is learned through Latin American sources that the West Coast Republics of S°utti America favour the elimination of German influenee from the Pacific. Diplomatic representatives of the various Amertean countries express full approval of the Entente’s proposals to deprive Germany of her South Sea and Asiatic possessions, thus preventing the renewal of the German Pacific menace. AMERICANS JOIN IN. ROME, October 30. American troops have crossed the piave river in pursuit of. the Austrians.