NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 17

NOTES AND QUERIES.

I. K. 0., Oamaru write, jjgji^ ffBfBS the following footbaU question^ W^ a ■in play goes over tne ™ , .^ front of th goal ffg be brought back to the place fef hill is only considered in touch-in-goa when correct. The ball ought to be treated according to

HH g|§l§«sS3 of usea r * v xQf cement to namacan be raised every other day. TITOCAN -Perhaps the butcher broke the gall-bladder She S the sheep, and some got on the 2K or there might be some copper present either tathe water or the vessel you boiled it in. C T F., ClarksvUle, writes :-" Having bought a secoTtne owneVliable to pay a share of a fence round mv section ?'-The occupier can be made liable rader the Fencing Ordinance, and he will have a right over against his landlord.

'stopped. . thiFease? Does a Belf-sown crop of grain consti-futeVwhitecropy-If the tenant refuses to sign &c lean he to merely a tenant from year to year, and he can be ejected after six months' notice to Suit, but the notice most be given so as to temuute with a year of the tenancy. We are of opinion that T&*n!n crop of grain fa a white crop. SnBSORiBKR.— You had better communicate with the S ComSoner of Railways in New South Wale» We have not the information you desire to hand ; at the same time we Bhould think it very unlikely that ttere are many vacancies of the description you ask about. , „ „ ZAR asks for thederivation of the word " morganatic. -Webster gives it as follows :-Latin, matnmomum ad moreanaticam, from morganatlca, a morning gift, a Mnd of dowry paid on mominff before or after the marriage, corrupted from O.H. Ger., morrangeba; N.H. Ger., morgangabe; D. and Danf, margengave; Sw., margOHgafoa; A.S., mor-gengifu-from morgan, morning, and gifu, gift. A J writes:-" I saw in your last issue a way to keep scythes, &c. from rusting by rubbing whilst warn with beeswax. Is there any simple preparation which Vould prevent plough mould-boards from rusting when not in use ?-Why not use wax in the same manner as applied to %„ scythe? Should any of our readers know of a better method we shall be glad to publish it.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. ForbST HiMi.— Many thanks for yourcontribution. It wlsreceived too late for this week's Farm columns, but wm^ppear next week. We have forwarded your other questions to our Garden > contributor, who will no doubt deal with them next week. "OCR Pastorai ESTATK," is also withheld unffl next •vreekl in order that it may appear in the Farm

columns. Thb CiitiTHA Pr-otJOHwa Match Dispotb.-Wc have rewived a couple of letters on, this subject, the writers of which ask that their communications should appear in the same issue as the letter from * Sorown 'correspondent," as having been held over from our last issue. The extreme length of our correspondent's letter, and also one of those on the Xr Bide? together with the impossibility of seeing Se the dispute is to end, hM forced' us to deterSe to withhold all three, although our corres•Jorident's letter is in type. The matter has already

reopened. HiLMJA.-We Bhould have been pleased to have published your first poem, but unfortunately the subjecfc Beleoted. is scarcely a suitable one for a newspaper. g >y? !_Thankß for your remarks on ensilage. They shall appear in the " Farm " columns next week. G, QiiiMOUR, Ashton, Canterbury, asks us whether we is crofessed to be in the advertisement in another cohimn, observing that he thinks that it " is only rieht that your readers should know whether the lamp toff ered to the public is not one of those American humbugs."— From an inspection of the lanrn we feel justified in recommending it as a r«ally excellent one for use in stables, outhouses, fee The Bpecimen shown us by Mr Kerr gave a capital liirht equal to that emitted from a good-sized table lamp andcarryingit to and frodidnot seem to affect it at all. The light burned steadily without a chimney, and an ingenious contrivance enables the ukp*o extinguish it by merely turning a screw. The ilkkfcration in the advertisement gives a correct idea of its appearance. Another One Who Knows.-As the matter in question is now definitely settled, and the teacher alluded to has taken possession of his new charge, no possible end save to stir up bitter feelings would be served by the insertion of your remarks.