ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25372, 2 November 1943, Page 2

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will riot be answered unless accompanied by the name •nd address of correspondents. " Long Tom.” Arrowtown.—Your employers are restricted by the stabilisation regulations and cannot lawfully increase the remuneration. “ Inquirer.” Broad Bay.—We cannot undertake to •. recommend any particular money-lending firm to you. J. T/J.—A person who is more than six months in arrears in the payment of his rates is ineligible to vote at a county election. “ Massage."—Fred Astaire, the film actor, was born at Omaha, Nebraska, on May I 10, 1900, and is married to. Phyllis Livingston Potter. "Inquirer,” Cromwell.—Messrs Triggs and Denton, 119 George street, Dunedin, undertake the dyeing of kid gloves, but only in black. “ X Y Z,” Central Otago.—Money received from an insurance policy when it becomes due is not treated as income, and is therefore not assessable for income tax purposes and is not subject to the social security tax. “Bee,” Clinton.—ln order to register as an apiarist application should be made to the apiary instructor. Department of Agriculture. Invercargill. No fee is payable for registration. “ B. 5.,” Waiwera South.—The author of the poem " The Menin Gate ” is Eric Haydon. The reference department of the Public Library, Dunedin, will supply you with a copv of the words on application. " M. A. On the facts submitted by you the alterations and additions which you have made have been in ihe direction of adding to the permanent fixtures; and, as such, cannot be removed, nor have you in the absence of any prior agreement, any legal claim for the recovery of any money you have spent in such alterations. You cannot legally claim goodwill. "Curious,” Alexandra. —(1) Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., Princes street Dunedin, have on sale a book entitled “ Breeding and Management of Live Stock,” by A. W. G. Lipscomb (price 7s Bd) and another entitled “Farm Animals —Their Breeding, Growth, and Inheritance ” by John Hammond (price24s). Both these books deal, among other subjects, with the question of line-breeding in cattle (2) Records of the breeds of domestic animals show that close in-breed-ing and line-breeding of good stock, if associated with the usual elimination of weaklv animals, may be practised for many generations without any undesirable consequences. .