Scope and Contents

Texts of speeches by McKenna, mainly as Chairman of the Midland Bank, on subjects including: a merger with the Clydesdale Bank and the issue of new capital; foreign exchanges and the League of Nations; trade prospects; support for Andrew Bonar Law's economic policy; changing the Midland's name to Midland Bank Limited; the restoration of the Gold Standard; support for the League of Nations Union; the memorial museum to Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Movement.

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and yearly statements by McKenna as Chairman on subjects including: monetary policy; central bank policy; banking monopolies; the Midland's centenary; devaluation of European gold currencies and the yearly general financial situation; currency and credit control; the success of the Government's economic policy; local authorities and the money market; relations between local authorities and banks; the Clydesdale Bank; the movement of foreign balances; the Beveridge Report...