ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 187, 9 August 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Poor Freckley wants to know a cure for . freckles.—Buttermilk applied at nigtot. may effect a cure If the freckling: Is slight, a mixture or one part lemon juice and two parts rose water is ailso good. . Boric lotion, whicb is- also an antiseptic ana wards -off pimples, is round toy. some to be Beneficial An old cure OMen quoted is an infusion of the root, or the lily of the valley. Paddy would like to know Mow to wax .paper rose* and how to make the wax.— ;in order to wax paper roses dip the paper ■ flowers into molted paraffin wax. Good handles melted down will give the quality .wax required. . ! Romeo asks 4 — (a) Why top teeth decay flrst? (to) Can an aeroplane toe started again ir it stalls in its flight?(a) Saliva is an.antiseptic which, cleanses ■the teeth atld as tne lower teeth are more lor less always- in a toath of saliva,, they are Setter protected man are the upper ones, (to) Art aeroplane engine cad toe started again toy diving the plane and causing the propeller to revolve. Anxious asks—(a) WlMt age does a tooy Have to be W procure an alrgun? (to) Does the #un nave to be licensed?—(a) Sixteen, (to) No. , Ink Blot would like to know—(a) How many men are employed by the New Zealand Railways throughout New Zealand? (to) Is it dangerous Tor canaries to eat grasshoppers?—(a) The total number or men employed on the N.Z.R. to March 31, 1929, was 19,086. (to) Most insects are ; beneficial to birds. Dinty wonders —(a) What would toe the value of a 100,000 mark German Banknote? (b) is the mark at the present time rising or falling? — (a) This is or no value, (b) The old paper mark is worth- ■ less. The new "gold mark" is worth J about l/.- "

Golden Girl inquires—'(a) The average height and weight of a girl of 16 years, (fr) If a red and shiny nose is due to Dreaming through the moutlt and ir so what Is a cure? — (a) The average height of a I'6-year-old girl is sft ljin, whilst the average weight is Bst lib. (to) I do not think that this Is due to breathing 'through the month; more- probably it is due to indigestion. Treat the part locally with borax and powdered starch, and also treat yourself fof indigestion. Quizry asks—(a) Sow did the sea become salt? (fry When did the English find Australia?—(a) The sea is salt because rivers for countless ages have been carrying the mmeral matter from their hods into the ocean, which now contains a great deal of these salts. (by The nrst English (navigator to sight Australia was. William: Dampler. This was in 1688. Sylvius wanw to know—(a) Where it is possible to obtain working plans of aeroplanes, (b) The address ;of Charles Rogers.—(a) These can he procured in America. Apply to any large aeroplane factory df try the Curtis-Wright Export Company, 27 West, 67th Street, New Yoric. m OliaTles Rogers' address is care the Paramount Famous Lasky Studios, Hollywood, California. Author. —No questions are answered in these columns .unless- the correct name and address of the Questioner accompanies the queries. | Cabbage Top would like to" know— (a) How the owner" or a car may be found if its number is known, Without going to the tiolice (b> is there a branch of the National Lifeboat Society in New Zealand? oa) Make application to traffic department in Wellesley Street, (fi) To the best of my knowledge there is no branch of this association in New Zealand. Curfoua says—Could you tell me . the name of the man thait acted as the detective » the mm "Broadway" and his address?— Thomas Jackson. Write to him ©are The Universal Studio, 5451, Marathon Street, Hollywood, California. Anxious wonders what kind of engines the Southern Cross has.—The Southern Cross has Wright Whirlwind engines.