Answers To Correspondents

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27388, 13 May 1950, Page 8

Answers To Correspondents

“Mended” (Mornington). Preens, George street, provide a mending service. "Farmer” (Hillend). —The population of New Zealand on' December 31 last Is estimated at 1,881,035, this figure Including Maoris. “Flat” (St. Clair).—A start has been made on the building of the Surrey street flats. Information about the letting of the flats may be obtained from the State Advances Corporation. Stanley Martin.—(l) The boundaries between Otago and Southland may be roughly described as beginning at a point down the West Coast from Stripe Point (near Milford) following the mountain tops until joining the Greenstone Rivet, along the western shore of Lake Wakatipu to the southern end of the lake, on to the Garvie Mountains, across to the Umbrella Mountains, and thence in an irregular southern line to Long Beach, west of Chasland’s Mistake. (2) There is no relation between Artur Rubinstein, the pianist, and the late Anton Rubinstein, the composer (3) We are unable to provide the translations of the titles of the songs. “ Taxpayer,” Waikoikoi. —Responsibility for the clearing of culverts varies according to circumstances, and even Court rulings appear to differ. As a result, we cannot give you a definite statement or the position. Road authorities who place culverts In position normally keep then* clear, but there does not seem to be any obligation on them to do so.. The clearing of culverts primarily to run water off a property would seem to be the responsibility of the owner concerned.