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Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 12

TJje Speaker of the House of Commons derives his title from the fact that in the old days he was the “Spokesman” of the Lower House, and alone had the right of “ speaking ” to the Sovereign—conveying grievances, petitions, and so on. Some time ago a woman near Durham married four husbands in the space of five years. Her maiden name was Penny, her first husband’s name Pennyman, the second Pennyworth, the third Pennymore, and the fourth Pennyless. A small electrical instrument, 4in across and not 7in high, will, it is claimed, detect an escape of only 1J per cent, of gas in any tunnel or inspection chamber. When the escape occurs this instrument warns the nearest telephone exchange.