13 JULY 1991, Page 23

Taking notes

HOW to reward the Governor of the Bank of England? His modest increase in his modest salary was blown up to make him look like a gasman — boding ill for the rather larger increase which, so many under the Court Room table tells me, is planned for next year. He should take example from Evans the Gas, who has crammed his house with new gas-powered gadgets, all there for the chairman to try out. Memo to Governor from Chief Cashier: 'The new £1,000 note is now ready to undergo trials, and I am sending a sample pack to your home address. If, after use, you are satisfied, I shall seek your authority to repeat the experiment, using larger denominations.'