17 FEBRUARY 1967, page 13

S 411' Topping The Rot Sir,—mr Samson, In His...

en bas reply to Mrs Dougal (February 10), ignores at least one step the authorities might take to reduce the de- leterious effect of sweets on children's teeth—pro- hibit the......

Resistance Movement

SIR,—John Rowan Wilson (February 3) claims that infectious drug resistance happens with special fre- quency when antibiotics are fed to pigs and cattle. Does he really believe......

Farmers And Europe Sir,—mr David Summers (letters,...

understands and therefore misrepresents the NFU's attitude on the Common Market. Our attitude is not one of 'niggling opposition.' In the introduction to our booklet British......

The Great Shakespeare Hoax

SIR,—After reading Martin Seymour-Smith on 'The Great Shakespeare Hoax' (February 10), I lay down, gently, on my couch and inflicted upon myself a whole hour of ruthless......

How To Choose Your Stockbroker

SIR,—Your stockbroker contributor, in his article 'How to Choose Your Stockbroker' (January 27), says that there are no female members of any United Kingdom stock exchange. In......

The Threat To Independence

EA2 n.E DIME From: Harry Broadbent, John Peel, MP, James Reedy, Mrs Charles Davy, Jamshed Vakeel, J. C. Maxwell, John R. Walton, Mrs Stephanie West, A. 0. Speirs. Sia,—One would......

Side Effect Sir,—mr Cole (letters, February 10) Does Less...

justice to a famous line of Menander (frg. Ill) when he treats it as an inverted cliché: that the sense of 'those whom the gods love die young' is what it is generally supposed......

The Case For Mr Crossman

SIR,—Alan Watkins (`The Case for Mr Crossman,' February 10) has missed the point. Consolidated Fund Bills are Government business and they are im- portant because unless they......

Sir,—since Anti-stratfordians Are Notorious For Pounc-...

mis-statement on the part of their opponents, it is a pity that Mr Seymour-Smith, in the course of his analysis of the latest Marlowe non- sense, has one sentence that is not......