ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22530, 26 March 1935, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

" Enquirer," Waltahuna.—The fruit of the damson plum Is small and black, somewhat bitter in flavour, and makes excellent jam. They are ripe In early February. " Willing to Learn," Balclutlia.—Expert knowledge In rabbit-trapping comes with experience, The best plan for a beginner Is to get into touch with a practical man who has been successful. The more elementary side of the business ran be gathered from men who have trapped rabbits on their own holdings. “New Zealander," Mornington.— (1) A free translation of " kia ora ” Is “ good luck.” (2) It ls > Impossible to say with any degree of certainty when the first Maoris settled In Otago, and equally so to give the name of the tribe and the ancestral canoe. Authorities vary in regard to the dates from approximately S3O A.p. onwards. (3) Among the ancient Maori settlements in Otago, given in an article by Mr H. Beattie in the Otago Daily Times, was one near the Waitakl Mouth, others on the Moeraki Peninsula, at Walkouaitl, Purakanui, in the bays between there and Otago Heads, on Otago Peninsula, near Henley (on the Taleri River), Measly Beach, Lake Kallangata, and Port Molyneux. (4) The places In or around Dunedin which have Maori names are numerous, and it would lie impossible to give a list of these and their meanings In this column. The information can lie obtained by search in the Free Public Library and the Hoekcn Library. F. W. E. —Your suggestion noted: publication would have a reverse effect to that desired. Garden.—Referred to Saturday's Garden column.