The Archive · 1914

Bank of England Gold

London, Nov. 11.

The House of Lords has adopted the Address.

Mr. Huth Jackson, a Director of the Bank of England, at the Institute of Bankers, stated that the gold reserve held by the Bank of England amounted to the unprecedented figure of £89,500,000.

An unconfirmed rumour in Washington states that the U. 8. cruiser North Carolina has been sunk Turkish mine at Beirut.

(The North Carolina is an armoured cruiser of 14,500 tons, 25,000 h.p., four 10 in and sixteen 6 in. guns).

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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