The Archive · 1926

Banque De France and Coin

Purchase of Silver Suspendeu Gold Price Lower Paris, Oct. 10.

The newspapers state that owing to a slump in silver the Bank of France, which recently began buying gold and silver from the public fat a fixed price, has decided to suspend, from October 11 further ' notice, the purchase of, silver, while gold will be bought on a' basis of 19.55 francs per gramme fine gold, instead of 19.75 which has been the rate up to the Lonpox, Oct. 10—King _George yesterday received Emir Feisal, son of Ibn Sand, King of the Hedjaz, i private audience at Buckingham Palace and conferred on him the Knighthood of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The Ernie is concluding his visit to England early this week and is proceeding to Holland and afterwards to Pa From there he and his suite are returning to Arabia,—British Wireless through Reuter. hibited without permission.

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