ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 4

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

“Bronze,” Oamaru.—We are forwarding your letter to our correspondent. Otago.-The 8.8. C studxos are in London and the transmitters at Daventrv. “ Essential.”—The list of essential industries is too lengthy for publication, m this column, but it may be seen at the office of the man-power officer, Lowei Oamaru. —There is nothing in the Harbours Act which would indicate that a ratepayer can demand to see the minutes of the board’s meetings and that he can take a copy of them. “ Curious,” Waikaia.—An investor may invest up to £IOOO in each investment year—July 110 June 30—in the national savings investment account, bearing interest at 3 per cent. “Farmer,” Patearoa—The secretary of the Appeal Board (Mr W. J. M. Grant) states that the board heard part of the case in committee to discuss fully the financial position of the appellant and his relatives. This is the practice followed by the board when it desires to make exhaustive inquiries into the financial position of any appellant. “ Grateful," Otago.—There is no training scheme in Otago under which youths call be taught sheep farming and also music and dancing. To learn sheep farming a youth must either attend Lincoln College in Canterbury or secure employment on a sheep farm, and music and dancing could be taught him by tutors. " Wondering.”— (afi Communicate with the base paymaster, Christchurch, giving your name, number and unit, and the date bn which you were “ man-powered ’ out of the army, and the pay due will be forwarded to vou. (b) Jf your unit has not made arrangements for the return of your levv book you should write direct to the Commissioner of Taxes, Wellington. “ Curious.”—The Femina-Vie Heureuse prize of 8000 francs was founded in 1904 by a group of French women writers, and was awarded each year by Femina and La Vie, two French periodicals, for the best work of imagination in French by a man or a woman. In 1919 the committee decided to extend the competition to foreign countries, and in England the prize—Femina-Vie Anglais—of £4O was awarded for the best work of imagination by an author who, in the opinion of the committee, bad not previously received sufficient recognition. Fuller parmay be obtained m a book entitled " Famous Literary Prizes and Their Winners,” by Bessie Graham, which may be seen In the Dunedin Public Library.