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Sl THE LOAN | Express a . : 3 i, ve ae a a af prt ge 61 would St Te eaw me ee tee wr c lion ee et a a . : - This “ fitst aid” royble. erably brighten the £’s-chancks of growing gtronger. And it , could not have come at a njore crucial time. For October'§ trade figures released yesterday, showed a disastrbus gap of £107 million—the dock Strikes crippled ports, but. /had _ Little effect on. limiting imports, \ This giant slide nto- the r i increased devaluation ‘nervousness of “foreign exchange dealers and the £ closed on its official’“ floor? of 2.783, dollars, down 1/16 cent, against the offici rate of 2.80 dollars. The Bank of England Kad to step in-as a buyer of fs to keep. the rate ‘ ir ee er put: up by: France, Italy, G rmany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Americal It must’ be repaid between fe fears eo seven and. mene mood thy . I.