Personal estate amounting to £20,234 has been left by the Right Hon. Sir William Moore Johnston, Bart., late a Judge on the Iviug's Bench Division. Dublin, and at cm time Attorney-General for Ireland. His will contained this instruction: "Before mv coiiin is closed over me I direct that death shall be assured by a surgeon dislocating my neck, or otherwise breaking lnv spine." People who occupy a lot of room in train or tram or bus have not hitherto regarded their _ bulk as a personal disadvantage. W hen it comes to travelling by air they must revise theii* views. Ihe estimated tariff for passengers i>y airship across the" Atlantic is 3d per oz. for e .ieh 1000 miles. That ivories out at £2 lGs a stone, and tho superiority of ihe light-weight is glaringly apparent.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16506, 25 April 1919, Page 3
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