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Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 9

\X Copenhagen recently a vacancy was announced for the post of public execu- . tiotnecr. Capital punishment had fallen ' into disuse, but owing to the increase of 1 crime the penalty was revived. The late i hangman, who had grown old, did not relish the job at hU advanced age. Tho I B»lary i» £60 a year, with a premium of , £2 fox every execution. I)uring tlie discussion by the North Can- , iberbury Education Board of the question of free eehool books and possible infection, Mr Buddo, M.P., eaid that if the community went on growing in fastidiousness at the present rate in a few years' time, when a person left a friend's house alter paying a call, he would probably be- required to pass through a epray bath of come strong disinfectant, which would not , only kill any disease gem I, but the victim himself as well. * •