ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23224, 23 June 1937, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered uniess accompanied by tne name and address oi correspondents.

' Farmer."—You have omitted to supply your name anu address. "A Horseman."— i he address which you give is insufficient. " Inquirer," iaouin Otago.—lndianapolis holds the i\ew Zeaiauu and Australian one-mtie trotting record, the time being 2min u i-osec " Ignoramus,". Lovell's FIat.—R.S.V.P. t" repondez sil vous plait") means " Reply, it you please." " Subscriber," Oturehua.—The particulars required may be obtained lrom the company's representative in New Zealand, Mr W. H. NanKervis, Union Bans Chambers, Featherston street, Wellington. " Interested," Dunedin.—The guarantee given by the Government to fruitgrowers is for export of apples only. The prices is 10s 6d per 401 b case, c.i.f., the grades being " extra fancy," "fancy," and " good," and the fruit must be sent to approved markets. "Amateur," Palmerston.—The fox-trot, properly danced, is one of the most intricate in the modern repertoire. Personal tuition would be the best way to learn it, but full instructions will be found in one of the many books on the market. These run in price from Is 3d to several shillings. " Puzzled," North Otago.—Lime sulphur or red oil would remove the green moss from the fruit trees. The soldering of aluminium utensils is difficult owing to the wide variety of qualities and weights on the market. If a flux can be procured which will knit, the job can be accomplished by a skilled man, but the proportion of failures is .very large. " Old Subscriber," North-East Valley.— The tenant of a rented house is not legally responsible for keeping a hedge cut, but as a tenant usually prefers to maintain the tidy appearance of his residence, such work, and that about the garden, is frequently done by him. Where landlord and tenant are reasonable there should be no difficulty In arranging such a matter amicably. A holly hedge should be cut twice a year—in early spring and in, say, January. " Ball," Heriot.—The purpose and object of all rules and procedure is to enable members of bodies to transact their business along orderly lines. Rules are not devised to place obstacles in the way of the transaction of business, but are for the protection of individual members and for tho furtherance of their collective interests. The same applies to procedure with regard to the confirmation of minutes. We have explained that, on the facts supplied, the purpose of the special meeting was to define the committee's powers and duties and the meeting should have carried out that object. The chairman believed that the confirmation of the minutes of the annual meeting assisted the purpose of the special meeting, but his action was not in accordance with custom. The special meeting could have given the committee the necessary instructions and was competent to decide what the committee should do in the circumstances. Doubtless the chairman acted in what he believed to be the best interests of the society, ana his action In having the minutes confirmed may have been in its best interests. Nevertheless, the procedure was unusual, and, as the special meeting was called to settle certain questions, it could have done this without confirmation of the minutes.