| Description | Illustrations: sketch of 'A Surrey Village' by A J Bond; Benjamin Strong (photo); 'Reduced Three per Cents', sketch by PH Calderon with article; and St Luke's Hospital, sketch by J C Stadler with article; Photographs of the Swiss Alps with article; Bank of England Chess Club 1928; 'The Honorary General Secretary' (cartoon).
Includes articles relating to: Sir Ernest Harvey, K.B.E. elected as a Director; the new bank notes and a poem by Robert Burns found on a Bank of Scotland note; the life of former Governor Benjamin Strong who died 18 Oct 1928 (with photo); Dr Johnson and the Chief Accountant (John Payne); Branch news;
Account of mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps by F G Connolly (with photos); and the execution of William Guest. Also includes verse on 'Ypres', miscellaneous article on Mrs W Marston Acres; Short story by Frances Towers 'Grandfather clock'; The Bank Nun (Sarah Whitehead), also referred to as the Bank Ghost.
Obituaries: (article) Lieut. Colonel P C Yonge, D.S.O. (1st-Class Clerk, War £5% Stock Office and one of the stalwarts of the Bank Rifle Club), entered the Service 6 May 1897, died 13 Oct 1928; Miss D L Cranfield (Auxiliry Woman Clerk), entered the Service 9 May 1918, died 28 Sep 1928; J L Reeve (Pensioner, formerly a Cashier), bank service 31 Mar 1870 to 6 Nov 1913, died 23 Oct 1928; James Hamilton (Pensioner, formerly a Cashier), Bank service 20 Jun 1878 to 17 May 1923, died 27 Sep 1928.
Retirements: (article) J W C Goodfellow (1st-Class Clerk, Dividend Pay Office) bank service 15 Nov 1888 to 16 Nov 1928; (article), Miss M E Allwork (Typist), bank service 19 Jun 1899 to 27 Oct 1928; (article) J W F Dalton (Deputy Principal, Issue Office), bank service 9 Jun 1887 to 1 Oct 1928; Catesby Paget (Principal, Discount Office), bank service 9 Sep 1886 to 1 Oct 1928; M J Hardcastle (Agent, Law Courts Branch), bank service 16 May 1895 to 1 Oct 1928; C J Rickards (Principal, Dividend Accounts Office), bank service 14 Jun 1883 to 5 Nov 1928; Harry Astle (Cashier), bank service 18 Jun 1885 to 1 Nov 1928; E T Codrington (2nd-Cass Clerk, War £5% Stock Office), bank service 11 Dec 1884 to 21 Oct 1928; L W McMahon (2nd-class Clerk, Western Branch), bank service 9 Jun 1887 to 9 Nov 1928; Miss R S S Holmes (Typist), bank service 27 Mar 1905 to 1 Sep 1928. |