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Bearded Montagu Collet Norman, 69, Governor of the Bank of England since 1920, began harvesting cabbages on what was formerly his smooth lawn in Kensington...
...terms of dollars, the British pound has two prices. One price is quoted by the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman, who last week was re-elected for his 21st year as Governor of the Bank of England...
...ultimately arriving at a currency system based on free exchange of gold. . . . We will probably come back to an international monetary standard on the only basis which appears to give general confidence." At this Britain's bankers cheered lustily and with unwonted enthusiasm Governor Montagu Collet Norman of the Bank of England pledged to Mr. Chamberlain that, if only the British Cabinet will adopt a policy of letting British bankers know what they want done instead of keeping them in the dark, "the Government will at all times find us willing, with good will and loyalty, to do what...
Measured praise for Chairman Eccles and his Board was heard last week from none other than Montagu Collet Norman, foxy old governor of the Bank of England, who arrived in Manhattan for one of his hasty U. S. visits. Asked what he thought of the boost in reserve requirement, he replied...
...kerosene-lit apartment, as ex-Governor Moret packed up to leave last week, he found a crinkled prediction penned to him in high excitement four years ago by fox-bearded Montagu Collet Norman who is now in his 15th year as Governor of the Bank of England. "Unless drastic measures are taken to save it, the capitalist system throughout the civilized world will be wrecked within a year," wrote Governor Norman to Governor Moret in 1931. "I should like this prediction to be filed for future reference...