London, Feb. 3. Mr. C. R. Attlee, Leader of the Labour Opposition, intimated to the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons to-year.
United States Securities held show increases of $1,000,000 and $134,000,- 000 compared with last week and the corresponding week of last year-respectively, while the Federal Reserve ratio was unchanged from last week, but show a lows of 02 per cent. compared with the corresponding period of last year.
Credit outstanding to the Federal Reserve was likewise unchanged from last week, but registered a gain of $131000000 compared with the same time last year. Monetary gold stocks were also unchanged compared with last week, but were $1,391,000,000 higher than last year.
Industrial advances by the Federal Reserve declined by $141,000,000 from the previous week, but show an increase of $5,861,000,000 as compared with the same period of last year.
Bills bought during the period under review totalled $1,000,000; U.S. Securities held $2,564,000,000, while the Federal Reserve Ratio was placed at 80.2 per cent.
Credit outstanding to the Federal Reserve amounted to $2,594,000,000; monetary gold stocks $12.755.000.000 and industrial advances $17,788,000,000.—Reuter. day that the Opposition desired to discuss the Trinidad Commission's Report and the position in Trinidad.
Mr. Chamberlain intimated that occasion would arise. when the Colonial Vote was discussed.
The Colonial Secretary, Mr. William Ormsby-Gore, announced that he accepted the report and its recommendations generally, but that he must await the views of the Government of Trinidad on many matters of detail before coming to final decisions.
He reminded the House that he had already implemented one of the most important recommendations by the appointment, as industrial adviser, of Mr. Linden, of the Ministry of Labour, who was leaving for Trinidad in the near future.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore expressed his deep gratitude to members of the Commission for their services:
In a written answer, the Colonial Secretary says he has asked the Governor of Ceylon to report fully on the working of the Constitution after which he will consider if appointment of a commission of enquiry is the best procedure for considering the various proposals for amendment that he has received from Ceylon.—Wireless and Reuter.
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