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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12536, 24 April 1935, Page 2

Three volumes of a, History ofParliament, which will occupy 40 volumes, will soon be published. They will deal with the English Parliaments that sat between 1439 and 1509, the period that included the Wars of the Roses, giving the biographies of 2,600 .known members of Parliament of that period. Research on the subject has been proceeding for 30 years, and publication will not be completed for 10 years. What is reputed to be one of the largest, : if not the largest thermometers in the World has 1 recently been erected on the-factory of Messrs. Air Ducts, Limited, Great West road. Brentford, Middlesex, England. The thermometer is circular in .form, •• 6ft in diameter, instead of the usual ver-tical-tube type, and has a face similar to that.of a clock, the hands being substituted .for a .pointer which indicates the temperature at any time of the day. It is visible, from Kew Bridge, a mile away. Hearty laughter was unconsciously provoked by. Mr. W. C. Coles, headmaster of the Normal School, Christchurch, in. the course of an address in Timaru. 'Mr. Coles expressed the opinion that school teaching was the most Worth-while work man could do,■ and he added: “Man always embrace's woman, you understand.” When:- the significance of the remark dawned on the audience, there was prolonged and hearty laughter.