NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19615, 20 October 1925, Page 8

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

D. Nicol.—All that you write on the ffiain theme of your letter has been eaid over and over again “ Motor.” —A separate license is necessary for each class of machine. " Master Peter.” —Of insufficient public interest. Your remonstrance, if seriously intended, should be addressed to those who were responsible for the arrangements “.T.M.,” Taieri Mouth.—To make real birdlime take the middle bark of the holly gathered in mid-summer, and boil it for six or eight hours in water, or until it becomes tender. Drain off the water and place the bark in a pit surrounded by stones, between layers of ferns and 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 the hands in running water till all refuse is washed out. Then put in an earthen vessel and let it remain for four or five days to purify itself. Other bark and vegetable substances may be used, but are not so good. If any sticks to the hands, remove with turpentine. Another method which produces a substance which sometimes answers very well is as follows: —Boil half a pint of linseed oil in an iron vessel over a slow fire, stirring occasionally with a stick until done. To test it, plunge the stirring stick into cold water and try it with the fingers. When done enough pour into pots, cover closely, and store in a cool place. It should be boiled in the open air on account of the smell. If the lime is too stiff it may be thinned out with a little Stockholm tar. It can bo kept from sticking to the fingers by first wetting them with vaseline and rubbing them together till they are dry.