ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22823, 6 March 1936, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

" Rita," Kurow.—June 29, 1887, fell on a Wednesday. "Northerner," Hiligrove.—(l) The reference to " a suburban shop section" is somewhat puzzling. In the terms of tho Mortgagors and Tenants' Kelicf Act the mortgagee must give notice of his intention to commence proceedings, and the application must he filed within one month. The mortgagor must be served with a copy of the application. Any doubt regarding the relief conferroJ by the Act would be removed by consulting a solicitor. (2) It would be necessary to comply with the general regulations issued under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, and for the purpose of ascertaining this an inspection would be necessary. The inspector of health at Oamaru should be consulted. The size of tho section does not affect the question of compliance with

the regulations. Safety-Valve," Milton.—The question as to " who discovered the power of steam in the tlrst place " lias been a matter of acelong discussion. The weight of authority Is that the first extensive employment of steam as a moving power, and most of the Improvements made upon the steam engine, belongs to Britain and the United States. Among the first notices In England of the idea of employing steam as a propelling force, is in "The Art of Gunnery" (1647), by Nat. Nye, mathematician. He proposed to " charge a piece of ordnance without gunpowder," by putting water instead of powder, ramming down an air-tight plug of wood, and then the shot, and applying a fire to the breach " till it burst out suddenly." But the first suggestion of the use of steam In a more or less practical manner was that of the Marquis of Worcester. In his " Century of Inventions," the manuscript of which dates from 1055, he describes a steamapparatus bv which he claimed to raise a column of water to the height of 40 feet. Go-Canny."—Your letter has appeared elsewhere.