NEWS BY MAIL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11842, 25 January 1933, Page 6

NEWS BY MAIL

RAIL BRIDGE REPLACED IN A SINGLE NIGHT.

LONDON, Dec. 9

Complete replacement of a 120-ion railway bridge by a new one weighing 180 tons lias just been accomplish od here in one night alter a month's preparatory work. The bridge carries the tracks of the London, Midland, and the Scottish Railway over the Edgeware Road at. Cricklewood.

Steel trestles projecting 6-5 feet were erected on either side of the existing bridge and on top of these the new bridge was assembled girder by girder ready to be rolled into position. The old bridge was jacked up on to roller bearings running on grooved rails and was then rolled out of its place while the new bridge, also mounted ori roller bearings, was rolled into position.

HANGMAN'S GARB OP HONOUR

John Ellis, the hangman, who died recently, often complained that the fee paid him for his gruesome duties was inadequate. Certainly he never received any such mark of public appreciation of bis work as fell to one of bis predecessors, Edward Dennis. In 1785 it was recorded that the Shot-ill's of London “were so pleased with the excellent mode in which Edward Dennis performed his duties that they presented him with a very elegant official robe—-a kliilaut, in fact, as Eastern potentates term a similar garb of honour. Dennis, however, found the robe inconvenient when at iwork, so sold it tor a substantial sum to a fortune-teller, who evidently thought that it would impress bis dupes to receive them in ha.lignum’s attire. RECIPES FOR HAPPINESS CHERISH A SENSE OF ROMANCE “A man is' taking a great risk who gets up at the s auie hour day after day, catches the same suburban train, knocks out liis pipe and jumps into bed with the regularity of clockwork. Gloom will soon enter bis home.” This view .was expressed by Lord Mestou, Chancellor of Aberdeen University, to students at, a matriculation ceremony at Armstrong College, Newcastle. He was speaking on “Success in life,” and. gave the following ‘‘recipes for happiness Develop a sense of proportion, Do not he self-centred; Overcome shyness; Avoid monotony; Cherish a sense of romance and adventure; and Cultivate a hobby. CANON BUYS AN INN Canon J. L. Kyle had difficulty in buying during his visits to country parishes—so ho bought an inn. This -is the Fox and Hounds at Carl-toii-iu Cleveland, Yorkshire. But iio one i s . ever drunk there.. Canon Kyle

said to a representative of the “Sunday Express” recently: ‘‘T have been attacked front both sides. Church people said that one of my cloth should not be landlord of an inn, but I asked them who was better able to run a public house than a parson. One brother parson asked me Low I could be a parson and a publican. I replied that I was both. I am not a teetotaller, but I drink nothing but ‘p°p’ i ll my own inn, although I keep the best drink it is ijossible to buy.” The visitors’ book contains the signature of the Archbishop of Canterbury, .when he was Archbishop of York.

DO YOU FIT YOUR CHAIR ? 1 used to be irritable, bad-tempered and troubled with headaches till mv doctor advised me to try the elfect <>f changing tlie chair in which I usually sat (writes a correspondent to the “Sunday Express”.) The result was marvellous, and I have never been troubled with any of these minor afflictions since. 'Hie explanation I believe is that a chair which does not feel absolutely comfortable and restful destroys the poise and balance of the body, and results in nervous disturbances, which produce illness and destroy efficiency. My doctor told me of (one large office in which the incidence of common colds was reduced by 20 per cent, after the management installed chairs to lit the size and shape of the occupants. BAN.ON SPIRITS IN A WILL. •\I am Lo be buried in an oak coffin and to be kept for mite or ten days a.t least, and nob any spirits to be drunk in my house on the day of my interment, and the parish bell to be tolled twice and my death inserted in the Walthamstow paper.” This clause appears in the will of Miss Alice Self, of Murray Villa, Cl ill roll Hill Road, Walthamstow, ]£., whose estate is worth CUD 6. Miss Emma Mary Webb, of Burden, Leigh, Torquay, Devon, left her copy of /the death warrant of Charles I. to the William Salt Library, Stafford. 01 her estate of £45,771. she left over £9OOO to church and charitable objects. The fifth Lord Sudeley, of Homer House, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, who Jolt £27,033, directed that his, body be cremated and that his death should not be announced in the papers until after the cremation.

ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE—AND BUSINESS

If a business man wants to dictate .his love-letters to his typist she is uot entitled to refuse, according to a court ruling given in Berlin (says Reuter). When the bachelor head of a firm began dictating a “message from the heart” to a woman friend his typist refused to take it down, declaring: “I \vq£ engaged to attend to business —not love affairs.” She was dismissed, and when sho brought m claim before the Berlin Labour Court, it was decided in her favour. Bub the business man took the case to the higher court, and this lias reversed the Labour Court’s decision.