ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23955, 2 November 1939, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

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" Subscriber.”—lt is impossible satisfactorily to remove oil paint from leather shoes, as a stain will always remain. If the marks are caused by a spirit paint a satisfactory remover can be obtained from leading footwear stores. " Worried,” Oamaru.—A convalescent home at Puketeraki is attached to the Seacliff Mental Hospital, but patients are admitted only through the main institution, from which they are transferred if their condition is considered suitable. Patients may enter the mental hospital voluntarily, and in this case arrangements may be made by communicating with the superintendent. The James Powell Rest Home at Warrington is open to persons who are convalescent after hospital treatment. Inquiries should be made from the Patients and Prisoners Aid Society, 21 Crawford street, Dunedin, Cl. “ Orangapal,” Milton.—ln order to obtain a satisfactory result, your wisest course would be to send the hat to experts in Dunedin to be reblocked. If, however, you desire to reblock the hat yourself you should steam it thoroughly. Then it can be turned to the desired shape. The result is not likely to be satisfactory unless you have a block on which the hat may be placed so that it will maintain its shape in the cooling process.