NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 164, 13 July 1899, Page 4

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

T.P. —A Scotch jury comprises fifteen persons, and the verdict is rendered by a majority. The verdict of "not proven" releases the accused from further charge, but at the same time practically fixes a stigma on I him for life.

Wharf Eat. —The steamer Tauranga was sunk in collision with the ketch Enterprise off Bream Tail while on the voyage from Auckland to the Bay of Islands. i E.—(3) The Arawa ran in the 'Frisco ' mail service from February, 1895, to July of the same year. (2) Information not -available. (3) Ixj- j quat jelly. Stone the loquats, fill the preserving pan, and cover the fruit with watsr. Boil them till they are in a pulp, then pour them into a jelly-bag; let them strain all night. To every pint of juice put lib of white sugar. Let the whole boil for at least twenty minutes. Try it by dropping a little in a glass of water. If it is done, which will be asceri tamed by its congealing when dropped into cold water, then dip it out while boiling into moulds or glasses, and when quite cool tie it up.

Enquirer.—The following is a good ■ and inexpensive method: Mix quantity of starch with a little cold j water, then add sufficient hot I water (not boiling) to make the i starch a proper consistency; stir \ a piece., of soap in this to make a j lather, now remove soap, and the ; starch is- ready for use. Starch a i short time before ivon,ing-. When, finished ironing rub a damp cloth over shirt, and smooth over two or three times more, and a good polish j will be the result. i