ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24449, 7 November 1940, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. G. Steel.—lt is surely unnecessary to look for any hidden meaning in a statement of fact, that, on the conclusion of Mr Roosevelt’s term, there will be another President of the United States. “ Knitter.” —On ' manufactured wool sent to you from Australia a duty of 20 per cent, on its declared value would be payable. On receipt of the wool you would also have to pay a clearance fee of 6d. “Ratepayer,” Milton.—(l) The contents of a Post Office money box must be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account. (2) Milk may be retailed only from a registered dairy or under a milk vendor's licence. “Curious,” Waikouaiti.—Whitebait is the immature smelt Ci'etropinna) and minow (galaxias attenuatus), species of fish which are familiar, in adult form, in most of New Zealand’s rivers and streams. Both varieties spawn above high-water mark at the top of the spring tides, and on the next spring tide the fry go to sea. They return as whitebait when six months old, and grow to adult size in fresh water. No pactical method is known of raising whitebait in captivity.