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PUBLIC NOTICES. INVERNETTIE WHISKY! ! ARRIVED ex Cape Clear, a further shipment fo this now much-esteemed Whißky, of the same bounding as last. Orders will be executed as soon as it is landed. BANKS, BARRON, & CO PORT WINE for Invalids— 6os psr doz en 5s per bottle. BANKS, BARRON, & CO. TTIINE Old Madeira, 50s per dozen. r BANKS, BARRON, & CO. ORDERS for Wines and Spirits in quantities of one dozen or over will be for warded— CARRIAGE PAID— to any Railway Station in Ofcago to_ whioh through .communication from Dunodin is open. BANKS, BARRON, & CO., Wine Merchants and Grocers, Ratfcray Btreet, Dunedln. SALE REGISTER. For Paexiculabs, bee ADvaaTisEMENTs. , In November.— By auction, shorthorn bulls, at Christchurch. Robert Wilkin and Co., auctioneers. In November.— By auction, farms on the Wairuna Estate. Donald Reid and Co., auctioneers. December s.— By auction, 10 acres, Gore district. Doiald Reid and Co., auctioneers. December 5. — By auction, freehold farms on deferred payments, being part of Wairuna Estate. At Clinton. Donald Reid and Co., auctioneers. At an early date. — By auction, the Dipton Estate. Maororio and Cufchbertson, auctioneers, Invercargill. At an early date, agricultviral farms near Gore, Lumsden, and Caroline. Bastings, Leary, and Co., auctioneers. By private treaty, the Wallace County Hotel. Whittingham Bros, and Inatone, Invereargill> By private treaty, 1166 acres agricultural land, nearAlbury railway line. W. Moody, Timaru. By private treaty, lease of store at Kaitangata. Ritchie, Bartleman, and Co. By private treaty, 587 acres, Forfcrose. Shanks and Barr, Mataura. By private treaty, alluvial land on Lower Mataura. Carswell, White, and Co., Invercargill. By private treaty, agricultural and pastoral farm. Bastings, Leary, and Co., Dunedin. By private treaty, colts and fillies in training Robert Wilkin or George Cutts, Chriat ohuTch. By private treaty, coal-mine machinery. James Loudon, Walton Park. _ , By private treaty, improved farm in Mataura district. Donald Reid and 1 Co., Danedin. By private treaty, 2170 acres freehold. Donald Reid and Co., Dunedin.

NOTES AND QUERIES. New Chum, ' Naseby, writes s—" At ' a Road Board meeting a resolution was carried by the casting vote of the chairman that a certain work should be executed by the Board, and that tenders for the same be laid before Board at its next meeting. At the ensuing meeting a ; numerously signed .petition was laid before the Board protesting against the carrying out ' of this work, and an influential deputation, appeared in support of the petition. <' A reaolu- ' tion was moved and seconded (of course by members of the Board) ' that the resolution carried at the previous meeting be not given effect to for six months.' No amendment was moved ; but the chairman ruled _ the motion out of order, and refused to put it to the meeting. Was he justified in doing so ? ' If not, what redress have those whp are aggrieved at his action ?" Ans.— Section 133 of the Roads Ordinance^ is as follows:— "No resolution at any meeting of the Board shall bo revokedor altered' at any subsequent meeting unless notice of the intention to propose suoh revocation or alteration be given bytho, olerk to each of the membersat least seven days before holding ' the meeting, nor unless such revocation or alteration be. determined upon by a majority consisting of two-thirds' of the members present at such subsequent j meeting if the number of members present at such subsequent meeting be not greater than] the number present when 'such resolution was ! ' come to, or by a majority if the number of' members present at such subsequent meeting be greater than the number present at such, former meeting." If there had been no compliance with this provision, then the chairman was justified in refusing to put the resolution' to the meeting. If there had been a proper compliance, and the chairman nevertheless refused to do his duty in putting the resolution, a mandamus could be obtained from the Supreme Court compelling him to do so. | J. W. M. asks (1) whether it is probable that ' the moon is inhabited j (2) of what material ! the sun is supposed to be composed of ?—? — Answer: (1) This question has attracted attention for ages, and is one, t<"o, that has been argued pro and con with great ability by | many learned and eminent men. The opinion j of nearly all scientists of the present day, ' however, is that the moon ia a "dead ' planet 5 " aud that, inasmuch as Bhe has but 1 a slight and very rare atmosphere, and that, as a consequence, no water exists on her surface, she is entirely unfitted to bo the dwelling-place of any organic beiugs whatever — at least of any kinds thifc our min4s can form any conception of. (2) The sun is a molten or whifce-hot mass, 856,000 miles in diameter, equalling in bulk 1,260,000 worlds like our own, having a surrounding ocean of gas on fire 50,000 miles deepi tongue 3of flame darting upwards more than 50,000 miles, volcanic forces that hurl into the solar atmosphere luminous matter to the height of 160,000 miles ; drawing to itself all the worlds belonging to our family of planets, and holding them all in their proper places ; attracting with such force the millions of solid and stray masses that are' wandering in the fathomless abysß-thafc they rush helplessly towards him, and fall into his fiery embrace. New Chum, Naseby, writes:— You stated in answer to a. correspondent in Jasfc wpek's isaue that Knox's 47ft 7in on Laith Links was the best bop, step, and leap on record. In justice to better men, allow me to state that Thomas Aitken, of Walkerburn. cleared 49ffc lio m Westerfcon Park, Bridge of Allan, on the 2nd of August of tho present year ; and wit!* such men as Daniel Lamond of KUbavchan, Fox aud Mitchell of Alv*. &c, I have no hesitation in saying that Knox's champion (?) performance would be unplaced. Common justice constrains me to add, however, that the gentlemen I have named take twa hops (uot hop and step), and leap. But as this is sanctioned at all athletic meetings, aud it is certainly a more dignified perforznanoe, it will, I consider, be accepted in the Colonies, as in the Motherland, as the same competition,