After having been 48_ years in the British postal service, Mr C. T. Smith, a Wimbledon postman, who is believed to have the longest service on record, was presented with the Imperial Service Medal on retiring. He began as a telegraph boy. He has a brother a postman with 45 years" service, and his father was a postman for 37 years.
In the course of electrical storms at night, a blue light is sometimes observed at the tips of masts and yards of vessels at sea. Sailors call this phenomenon "St. Elmo's fire." It is explained by the fact that large, induced charges of electricity are leaking into the surrounding air. This same faint, bluish glow may occasionally be seen on land, under similar conditions, at the tips of lightning rods.
This is the time for pap^r-hanging and interior decoration. For an up-to-date job, see J. Smith. (3)
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 89, 22 November 1935, Page 7
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