ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 158, 6 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Grammar asks how "says" is pronounced. This is pronounced "sez." Curieux wants to know what "brayed skins" arc—Please give me the context in which this expression was used. Meccano wishes to know the names of the artists who appeared in "The Singing Fool."—Molly's pai't was played by Josephine Dunn; Grace, Betty Bronson; Blackie joe, Arthur Housinan; and Sunny Boy was actod by David Lee. C.H. wishes to know the cause of warts. Warts in a general way are caused, as a result pi dirts

w Wondering asks: (a) How far away ls tli" sun? (b) is there such a thing Aβ a. rtarfetf motor car? If so, wbo made it? !a) Tile greatest distance of the sun from the earth is 04,524,000 miles, and ie least distance is ouoe.ooo miles, (b) A plan for a. geariess motor car has been devised by a Roumanian,, Mr. Constantinesco. His system incorporates a pendulum motion. Stickybeak's query is: What langruafce is rhubarb?— Rhubarb, a plant native to Russia was named by a combination of "Rhu," one or the names of the Volga, and "barb," from "barbaron," which means barbarian. Soldier wants to know: (a) Who was the llrst man to invent clocks? (b) How much did the Great War cost?—(a) This ntierv was answered in the Budget of June 1.. (b> The Great War oost the gritisb. Empire *i.8,8.77«9<W>A(W