MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 37, Issue 9612, 29 November 1907, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

A loyal Zulu chief is. reported to htfve been murdered at Nkandhla. South Africa. A large patrol has been sent out. Dr lidswell, who as the representative of the Federal and State Governments watched the experiments with the Danysz virus for rabbit extermination, has presented his report. He buds that the efficiency of the virus as a destroyer of rabbits lias not beeu demonstrated, and that although the microbe might be made to infect certain 'Small animals, there is no reason to apprehend any danger from its practical use. He points out that a similar, or at least indistinguishable, virus has been known for years, and its natural behaviour on the main land h»is not beeu sufficient to keep rabbits in check, and no results have come out of the experiments to indicate that the virus could be artificially manipulated with greater efficiency. 1 here need be no apprehension of dauger to human beings from its use, while the risk to other animals is remote. Inuring a hailstorm in the northern suburbs of Sydney lumps of ice the size of fowl's eggs fell, breaking windows and damaging gardens. A similar storm prevailed at Bat-hurst. Blight has made its appearance among the potato crops in the Hutt Valley (Wellington), some crops being seriously affected. The Peking Gazette, the oldest newspaper in the world, has ceased to appear. It began publication in the ninth century, a little over 1000 years ago. . It recently fell foul of'the Chi--, uesie authorities. It is replaced by a \ modern newspaper. ' 1 Lord Tweediuouth (First Lord of \ the Admiralty), speaking at Exeter, said that for the next three or four years Great Britain's naval position was perfectly safe. The Admiralty had carefully watched all the powers, in order to meet a case of emergency, and were always ready to do their best. The Sydney wool sales were dull' » and there were large withdrawals. Best sorts about held their own, but faulties were difficult to disjjose of, even at reduced prices. Comp ired with the opening sales last season, best wools are now from J,d to Id lower, and inferior sorts show a proportionate decline. By allowing yourself to become cunstipatcd you are slowly and surely poisoning yonrself. -When the bowels perforin their work they expel all poisonous matter, but when you allojv yourself to become consti-pated-you absorb all thiß poison into your system, bus laying the seeds of many diseases. Some of the signs of self poisoning are headache, backache, languiilness, weariness, melancholy, furred tongue, pasty complexion, loss of appetite, etc. The safest antidote to such poison is Chamberlain's Tablets, . These Tablets stimulate the liver and bowels to act naturally and gently. In doing so they cle.anse the stomach and purify the blood. For sale by J. Brown, Nascby, and W. Pyle, St Bathans. Evidently air ships will soon become a recoguised mode of transit, Last week the French airship La Patrie made a six and three quarter hours' ascent, covering 269 kilometres. She steered back to Paris after a record * run, sometimes attaining a apeed of 30 miles an hour. The La Patrie, with a crew of five, left Ohalais Meudon a little before 9 a.m. and reached Yerduu at a quarter to 4 p.m. without replenishing her supply of hydrogen. Immense enthusiasm was displayed at the success of the airship. Phases op the Moon. ■ ■ November. New Mopn... -• ... 6 10a.m.~ First Quarter • ... 13 4 40a.m. Full Moon ... 20 11,34 a.m. Last quarter ... 28 3.50 p.m. P trigee ... ... 9 6 0 p.m. Apogee ... 25 5.55 p.m.