ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23340, 4 November 1937, Page 10

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. " Lathe," Kaka Point.—There should be no difficulty in obtaining the pattern. D. E. W., Outram.—Further inquiries are being made, and the information will be published later. " Eureka," Roxburgh.—The insurance mortality table shows an expectation of life in New Zealand of 42 years from the age of 20 years, and 41 years after the age of 21. " Inquirer," Gore.—ln music for male voices only, the part sung by the second tenors is that written below the first tenors' part, where the alto notes are written when the music is for mixed voices. J. R., Middlemarch.—Plain sheets or quilts (not wadded) of a value of £5 in England would be subject in New Zealand to a duty of 3s and no sales tax. Wadded quilts, blankets, or pillow cases of the same value would pay in Customs duty £1 2s, plus 9s 6d sales tax, a total of £1 lis 6d. " Traveller," Dunedin.—A person owning a car or lorry is not allowed to carry passengers to picnics or parties where there is no other way of transport. Leaving aside altogether the complications regarding insurance and other questions which might arise in the case of accident, only licensed vehicles are allowed to carry passengers. In cases where there are no regular services the Transport Department issues temporary transport licences for the conveyance of passengers. " Puzzled," Waihola.—lf a person In receipt of relief changes his residence, the relief may be continuous. If, however, he is a new applicant for relief he may have'to wait a fortnight before becoming eligible for assistance. The form of your question suggests that you may be under a misapprehension—" How long is it necessary for a young fellow to live in town in order to qualify for the dole or sustenance? " The " young fellow " may find that he cannot qualify automatically for either —he may be given work in the country. "Argument," Cromwell.—(l) In the early days the timber was known as birch, but the question of the existence of real birch in our forests is controversial. The proper description of our forest timber is beech. (2) In order to file in bankruptcy fees to the amount of £6 are payable. (3) The fees accompanying an application for discharge are £1 15s. These amounts do not cover solicitor's charges. (4) The Statute of Limitations can be successfully pleaded where a debt has been owing for a longer period than six years without acknowledgment having been made during the period or any instalment having been paid. "Bluebird," Warepa.—(l) The approximate total votes polled at the last general election by the parties were as follows: Labour, 392,972; Nationalist, 280,152; Democrat, 66,696; Independent, 65,862; Country, 21,048; Ratana (Maori), 8569; others, 17,280. No member of the Democrat Party was a successful candidate. (2) Ragwort may be destroyed by a ■ light spraying with a solution of sodium chlorate—Jib to each gallon of water. Care must be exercised in the use of sodium chlorate. Clothes saturated with the solution become highly inflammable when >lry. A bulletin on the destruction of ragwort may be obtained on application to the Department of Agriculture, Post Office Buildings, Dunedin.