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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1928.
NOBEL LITERATURE A NEW ISSUE OF $50
PRIZES.
AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR AND LAST.
LADY GETS HONOUR.
BANK NOTES.
CLEVER FORGERY AMONG THE
REASONS FOR CHANGE, E
PETROL COMBINE
CRITICISED.
FEARS OF DUTCH CONTROL EXPRESSED,
CIRCULATION SOON. EVERY SENSE BRITISH.
The Nobel Prize for Literature A new issue of fifty-doliar notes for 1927 has been awarded to is being mado almost immediately
London, Nov. 13. Commander Kenworthy, the Henri Bergson, the famous French by the Hongkong and Shanghai Labour M.P. drew the attention of philosopher.
Banking Corporation in pursuanco the House of Commons to the The Prize for 1928 has been of their policy of changing the organisation of a Consolidated Awarded to the Norwegian au-form of their various Issues. In Petroleum Company for the pur thoress, Sigrid Undact, for "The the past the one, five and ten pose of acquiring the distributing Growth of the Soil." Reuter.
dollar notes have been changed organisation of the Anglo-Persian Reuter is amiss in attributing and the new issue of Afty-dollar Oil Company through South and "The Growth of the Soll" to Sigrid one is now ready and circulation East Africa, Egypt, the Sudan, Undset. This groat novel was the will probably start to-morrow. Palestine, Syria, the Red Sea and work of Knut Hamsun, having been published in 1920. Sigrid Undset Green is the predominant colour Ceylon.
Commander Kenworthy asked was born in 1882, her father being of the new notes on both the face the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the well-known Norwegian arch and back and makes a striking if instructions had been given acologist and former Director of contrast to the existing fifty-dollar to the Government directors of the the National Museum at Oslo. She noto which is mainly purple. Tho
:
Mr. Winston Churchill replied that the Government were fully satisfied that the formation of the Consolidated Company did not interfere with its independence, and they did not think that an
has written numerous works, the new note has a figure on the loft Anglo-Persian Ol! Company, with most notable of which is the tri-hand side of the face while the a view to preserving the company's
Independence. olegy of novels, "Kristin Lavrans other side is occupied with the Datter." She lives at Lillehammer white water-marked space. The b Norway and her husband is C.A. watermark la a figure of Britannin, Svarstad, the painter.
similar to that on the newer one Henri Bergson was born In 1869and five-dollar notes, while the at Paris and is to-day regarded as amount "50" fa also watermarked the greatest French thinker. He under the figure. The watermark arrangement between twe in- represents the modern aesthetic is in an oval similar to that on dependent bodies for mutually philosophic movement which takes the brown re-doilar notes but, of beneficial purposes in any way up new problems. He is the most course, on the other side.
effected the essential indepen- strenuous opponent of the mech- The new note has also a slight dence of either. antral conception of life and in purple tinge in parts, and the
Replying to Mr. Shinwall his most profound work, "L'Evolu-usual coat of arma and Chinese (Lab) who questioned if in view] tion Creatice," he has completely sceno appears at the top in the of its association with the Royal broken with all philosophical centre of the face of the banknote, Dutch, the Angle-Persian could systems of the past and opened The number is printed twice on be regarded as primarily British, up new ways of thought which the front and four times on the Mr. Churchill said that it remain- lead to surprising conclusions.
back which is also in green. Un-ed in every sense British and like the old fifty-dollar
he hoped I would prosper which had fairly large whita Reuter, corners around, the purple print- ing, the new note is covered with design up to the margin and is of In general, very nitractive appear-
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
(Continued from Pays 1.)
anco,
notes
ATTEMPTED MURDER
CHARGE.
K.O.S.B. PRIVATE AGAIN REMANDED.
this emphasised the necessity for Own Scottish Borderers, was again Pte. James Boyle, of the King's a change. In due course the exist brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell ing one hundred dollar note will be re-designed but the issue of the to-day, at the Central Police Court, on a charge of attempted murder, by stabbing, of Sergeant Kerr.
Another reason for the change answer why it was so. But hoIs that a clever forgery of fifty- sad noticed one thing during his dollar notes has been discovered team of office which was worth and apart from the general policy considering. European statesmen of making new issues all round, had got into the habit of meeting at Geneva. There they learned not only each others' point of view, but what was very important, cach other's idiosyncrasies 21.45 individuals, and he thought there was among European statesmen a desire in negollations to see the other viewpoint, and to com- promise if something could be effected by that compromise.
This state of affairs existed far more than before the war.
American statesmen, however,
note for the larger dunomina-
tion will not come for some con- siderable time.
The Incident Is alleged to have occurred on the transport Somer- For the first time, fifty-dollar setshire while the vessel was at notes will now bear the signature Colombo on
its way out with
of the Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, the military details for the Hongkong chief manager of the Bank. On establishment.
the specimen note soen by a Mr. Lindsell observed to Ina- Telegraph representative this pector Lane, who was in Court, did not know the European states-morning there was no signature in that he understood from A, S. P. men, nor did the European states- the space reserved for that of the Murphy that the latter had evi- men know the American, and there chief accountant. was no personal intercourse, the only intercourse being written in a despatch, sent across three thousand miles of water.
In those circumstances, it was far more difcuh to get mutual understanding.
Should Try to Understand.
KOWLOON SMALLPOX
OUTBREAK.
TWENTY CASES NOTIFIED
LAST WEEK.
To the members of the House of Commons, he pointed out that it was important to all who spoke on
The return of notifiable diseases America, or our relations with for inst week show that there were Amerien, to study and to un-no fewer than 22 cases of smallpox, derstand the political system of of which all but two were from the United States.
Kowloon districte. All were Chin- ese and six ended fatally. The re- turn for yesterday shows seven
more cases from Kowloon.
It was so different from any of the European systems and on those differences, relations had been wrecked more than once, It was
There were also 12 cases of most important for the avoidance of future shipwrecks that we typhold, with five deaths, all being
be familiar, un shonhi
Chinese, two of these cases being this side, with the difference
the imported. in
Three non-futul cases of Bystems of the two countries.
Some of the best work done in-diphtheria (one Portuguese and the ternationally since the war had others Chinese) were also notified been work of financial recon- as well as one death from influenza, struction, and, in this, America had been engaged with us and other countries.
Sixty-five years ago, when America was not the great Power she was to-day, when the Union was split apparently beyond hope jof redemption, and when the workmen of Lancashire were starving, Lancashiro men to their credit wrote to Abraham Lincoln |and-sald÷-"Carry-on".
Lincoln's Words.
AN UNREGISTERED
DOCTOR?
CASE FIXED FOR NEXT MONDAY.
dence to put forward almost im- mediately.
Inspector Lane agreed.
11.15 on Friday morning, to be The hearing was then fixed for
continued in the afternoop.
U.S. OIL MAGNATE TO SELL OUT.
BANKING HOUSES TO DEAL
WITH HUGE CONCERN..
New York, Nov. 13. Mr. Edward Doheny, the well- known oil magnate, whose Cal- formian petroleum companies aro estimated to be worth at least $1,000,000 has decided to retire.
Two New York banking houses are arranging to take over his oil securities and to form a new com. pany to be known as the Pacific Western Oil Company, and, it is atated that Mr. Jacques Vinmont will be chairman of the Board of the new Company.
It is further understood that Mr. William McDuffie, former pro- duction manager of the Royal Dutch Shell companies, will be President,
If the present plans are carried out, the banking houses will shortly lasue about $30,000,000
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four hyperdermic syringes and Lincoln, in reply, Anished his with practising as a doctor, came letter with these word: "I halup before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy this morning. this interchango of sentiment aa
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MRS. LIAO AND CHAN KUNG POH ANNOYED.
Nanking, Nov. 18 Mrs. Liao Chung-kai and Mr. Chan Kung-oh, the well-known Kuomintang Leftist leaders, hava resigned from the Party. Mrs. Liao is, a member of the Central Executive Committee, but she has
up the debate, sald he still be WAS BOUGHT BY HONGKONG realgued this appointment also.
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In their letter of resignation, they condemn the action of the present leaders at Nanking in ven- to the Delegates Conference, as Luring to select half the delegates |
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