Loocal and General.

Thames Star, Volume XLII, Issue 10683, 11 August 1905, Page 4

Loocal and General.

As a sequel to the prosecutions under the. Noxious Weeds Act, the Wyndham Herald is informed that a petition is to be circulated amongst landholders to have ragwort eliminated from the Act. Farmers hold that as sheep eat the weed readily it is more benefit than a. nuisance. The following was recently published respecting the Emperor of Russia: "Hisi Majesty dreamed of three cows, a fa,t, a lean, and a, blind one. When he awoke he sent for a. man, who is said to be well versed in the art of explaining visions, and this mysterious person said: The fat cow, your Majesty, is your commissary department, the lean cow is your army, and the blind cow is yourself, Great Czar." At the Anglican Arehdeaconal Synod at Cambridge, the church's attitude on the question of No-license was discussed. The Rev. Mr Radcliffe said the church's duty was to preach religion not politics. Archdeacon Willis expressed himself in favour of compensation. He did not think drinking liquor was a sin, but to show sympathy with those who wished to refrain from alcoholic liquor, he was willing to take a temporary pledge. For the sake of the young he would like to see the public houses closed, and he believed the adoption of no license was much nearer than it Avas three years ago. i The "gold on sheeps' teeth," of which a good many discoveries have lately been reported, has been carefully investigated, and another fallacy is exploded. A writer who at first suggested that the substance was "new ohum gold" (iron pyrites) after an analysis says—"lfb isn't even, that It is calcium-phosphate and organic matter, ■ which, assumes a metallic form. It isn't even metal, but is an organic and chemical stuff which simulates a, metallic appearance. If any old 'hatters' have gone out on the run to look for gold, they'll have a bad time." We think the average old "hatter" has more sense than to go prospecting for gold amongst sheep's ieeth! What?