NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18760, 13 January 1923, Page 8

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Disgusted. —Declined. “ Constant Reader.”—(l) Wash well in soap and water with a small brush, and while wet place in full sunshine; continue to wet it two or three times a day for several days with soapy water, still keeping it in the sun; then wash well. To bleach immerse it for a short time in water containing a little sulphurous acid, chloride of time, or chlorine. (2) This involves the use of secret formulas which are not available. " Birds.”—Take the middle bark of the Lolly gathered in midsummer and boil it for six or eight hours in water or until it becomes tender. Drain off the water, and place the bork in a pot surrounded by stones, between layers of ferns covered with earth. Leave it to ferment for two or three weeks till it forms a sort of mucilage, which must first be pounded in a mortar and afterwards rubbed between tl hands in running water till all refuse ra washed out. Then put in an earthen vessel and let it remain four or five days to purify. Other bark and vegetable substances may be used in the same way, but are not so good.