ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23885, 12 August 1939, Page 12

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents

•' Grateful,” Pembroke.—Our correspondence columns are not available for the publication of testimonials to any class of practitioner. “ Bully."—As was intimated yesterday to another correspondent, the matter is not worth pursuing further. C. W.—The suggestion contained in your letter is very far-fetched. It is refuted by other selections in the past year or two as well as in more distant seasons. "Amber,” Oamaru. —Ambergris could be disposed of through Messrs Kempthornc, Prosser and Co. The current market value is not known locally, but the price depends on the quality, the materia! being valued on reaching England It is understood that its value has fallen recently, and the most recent price of which we have heard was in the vicinity of £2 10s per ounce. “ Isolation," Pukcti. —A child who has measles must be kept from school for at least two weeks after the appearance of the rash. Other children in the home, though they may not have been affected, must be excluded from school for 16 days after the appearance of the rash on the child who has brought measles into the house.