ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24777, 29 November 1941, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. "Wager," Oamaru.—August 4, 1914, fell on a Tuesday. •Worried," Central Otago.—lf you send your medical benefit card to the Medical Officer of Health, Dunedin together with an intimation that'you wish to be transferred from the doctor's list to which '■•".'■" you are attached, the matter will receive immediate attention. •Perplexed."—(l)-The scheme for the erection of flats for elderly people is one that is under consideration by the City Council and has not yet been Anally adopted. An application for a flat would, therefore be premature at the present time. (2) Mr Cyril Lakin, who sometimes gives the war com- . mentary from the 8.8. C., served in France and Salonika in the Great War. He was appointed Assistant Divisional Commissioner, Ministry of Food, in 1918. He was assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph from 1929 till 1933, and literary editor of the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph from 1933 till 1937. •Outram."—A correspondent has kindly forwarded us an extract from a magazine describing a method of calcimining a cemented sacking room. The sacks are carefully ripped open and tacked on a frame with heavy clouts. The joints or seams are made to lie as flat as possible. A taut job Is essential. The cement pairit is mixed as follows:—li gallons water, 121 b cement, 21b powdered lime, lib salt and ilb powdered alum. The salt and lime should be put through a fine sieve, then add the water, stirring slowly, then the cement, making a thin paste, and finally, add the alum. Apply with a stiff brush, first on the outside, then the inside. After the first wetness has disappeared, and before the coat is dry, add a second coat. Further coats are an advantage and, if persisted in. will resemble plaster-board.