ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Fish asks how many times has Auckland | senior four won the' New Zealand championship in rowing-?—Tlie Auckland Rowing' Club senior lour has won the New Zealand I championship Tours only once, at Wanga- 1 mil, this season. The only other Auckland city club that, has won a New Zealand! championship four, was the waitemata boating- club's crew, this honour being- won , at Mercer in 1008. * .. * * * Borer says: Could you please tell me (a) how I could bore a hole, slightly tapering, through a length or thick dowelling, Bft in length? and (1)) How I can tip the point or ;i wooden dart with metal? — (a) it is impossible to Uore a hole in the dowelling- iu the way you sug-g-est. (b) Place a screw or nail in the end or the dart and sharpen the head to a point. R.R. wants a list of the Russian rnonarchs. —The following have been the Czars and Emperors or Russia, rrom the time or the election of Michael Romanof: Michael, Alexis, Feodor, Ivan and Peter 1., Peter 1., Catherine 1.. Peter 11.. Anne,. Ivan VI., Elizabeth, Peter 111., Catherine 11., Paul, Alexander 1., Nicholas L, Alexander 11., I Alexander lIL, Nicholas IT. I

Domo wislies 10. be supplied witli information as to the making of a torch buttery.—-It Is possible to make a "dry" battery at home, although it would probably work out cheaper to purchase one ready made. For particulars- of making an *k:»U'ic battery of this, nature 1 would refer you to a hook on home-made batteries by I'ereival Marshall, this being obtainable from most bookshops. , Como inquires: (a) When ILaUey's comet is due to lie seen again? (b) "How often is it seen? — (a) Halley's comet is due to appear again in 1 985. (b) Last seen in 1910, the comet appears once in 75 years. L.J. asks .what is the price or a singleseater Moth aeroplane in New- Zealand? — so far as I know there is no single seater Moth. A well-known single-seater monoplane, however, sells iq England at £550. V.A. wants to know how he can increase his height.—Exercise and a healthy- outdoor lire certainly will increase your height. I would not worry ir I were you, for in all probability you will reach the height you desire by the time you are 21 years of age. A.N. Inquires what sign tailors used to display on the outsides of their shops lo indicate the nature of their business.— Pefillite information is not available upon this subect, but. it is generally agreed that a tailor sitting crosslegged on a bunch working with needle, thread and material, is the sign most frequently displayed.