NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1559, 24 September 1881, Page 17

NOTES AND QUERIES.

R. N. A., Ngapara, writes :— ln the Witness issue of 10th inst. under " Notes and Queries" there appears an inteiesting extract on " Sleep." There is, however, some slight ambiguity towards the end of the article, about which some dispute has arisen here, and I am deputed to ask if you would kindly say whether the meal of " cold bread and butter and cup of some simple drink" is meant for the third meal, or a fourth and last light repast before going to bed?- We should imagine that a fourth -meal is meant. The most substantial 5 or 6 o'clock tea could scarcely affect a person retiring at say 10 or 11 o'clock. Nasbby asks *.— (1) Is it customary for the minutes of committee meetings to be read at general meetings of the club or society? (2) Is it competent fora member not a committceman to insist on such minutes being read against the wish of the committee ?— (1) No ; the committee simply make a report. (2) Certainlyinot. S. writes:— ln almost every district every winter large numbers of the carcases of rabbits (phosphorised rabbits) are allowed to rot on the hills, except the comparatively fewwhich hawkseat. Thisbeingso, I should like to know if the carcases would be of any use as manure. If the flesh is of any value, doubtiesß then the value of tho whole rabbit, bones and all.would be something considerable. I have sometimes seen dead dogs and dead calves buried near apple trees — those wont to do so eulogising their manurial properties. If the flesh of these animals did for good manure, why should not rabbits? (2) As I have heard of poor settlers near Invercareill feeding hogs on rabbits, killed otherwise than with poison, so will you tell me if such feed should be given them. Perhaps it would be e ood enough occasionally.— (l) The carcases are most assuredly' useful as a manure. (2) Feeding how continuously on flesh of any kind is objectionable and is supposed to b.e th,e cause of trichinosis. Universal preference is shown for dairy-fed pork over that fed on slaughterhouse offal, principally on this account. There of course is not the same objection to occasionally feeding pigs on flesh as continuously doing so. A E W Owake.-Probably no one but your late employer ever propounded such an absurd theory as that there are only six days in the week. Had he agreed to give you your board on working dajs only, of course his position would have been tenable, but as the engagement was from week to week, the Sundays were of course included in the we\eke. J. C, OteHvmika, writes -.-While in Committee on ' the^presentation Bill, Mr Seddon moved— "That no person shall be (entitled to have bis name insortedon mire than due electoral roll," Thiswas rejected by 81 to '2l.' This Is a very Important Mint, w* m tne elootlppo *w eemiiJK on, would you be 10 kind m to give the 'division' llot.-Xho tut

"Hansard" to hand is that of August Slst. Tho division took place on tho following day, so that wo cannot publish the list until the receipt ot Hansard " of tho Ist mat. Constant Reader, Queenstown, writes: — Can you give me a cure for a disagreeable pain in the chest, felt only when singing 7 lam otherwise quite healthy. I have been examined by a doctor, and pronouncea to be sound.— Use Stolberg's voice lozenges; if not relieved by them, there must be something wrong, and you had better not sing again, or might make it worse. J A. M., Arrowtown, aska whether asbestos lamp wicks can be obtained in Dunedin.-We have made inquiries, but have failed to find any on sale. Can you forward a sample, as they possibly may De known by some other name 1 .. _ Subscriber asks :-(l) Does the New Zealand Government Insurance Department grant annuities / U) How much per cent, per annum would a man of 4U years get for life ?— (1) Yea. (2) A man aged 40 years would receive £6 10s lid per centum. The purchaser pays a lump sum down, and receives so much per annum, payablo quarterly. At the death of the purchaser the annuity ceases, and the pur-chase-money is sunk or dead also. Rates showing the amount of annuity granted for £100 sunk :—

M. A. J., Arrowtown, writes :-Around a_ lake a " foreshore" is proclaimed as a reserve, but is fenced in by adjoining freeholders : can such a freeholder recover damages from a party who accidentally injures the fence by soaling it?-We think he can. Magnus Isbistkr, Waihemo.— The legal effect ol a verdict of " not proven" is the same as " not guilty in English law. The accused cannot be tried again for the same crime. „ .„. „ . W. W., Riverton.-(l) We think you could. (2) About £3 Bs.

QUEEIES. Inquirbr, Mataura, aska for a cheap method of preventing the inside of iron tanks from getting rusty ; something, of course, that would not spoil the water for drinking or domestic purposes. . W. M., Lawrence, asks for the words of the following songs:-" The kiltie lad" ; "Be kind to the old folks, though flaxen their hair" ; and " Where has Scotia found her fame and glory."

TO COEEESPONDENTS.

Justicb, Queenstown. -The case you comment upon ia Bic& judice, and is therefore not open to discussion in our columns. Jambs Dunoan Brown, Palmerston.— The matter isor too private and sacred a nature for us tp interfore in, and the publication of your letter would only tend to hurt tho feelings of the relatives of the late Dr Campbell, who may have, for aught we know, better reason for believing that their identification is correct than you have for believing that yours is. However this may be, the matter is certainly not one in which the Press is called upon to interfere. J M. C, Glenore.— Thanks for your expressions of goodwill. Your contribution is a very fair one, and will appear in due course. M. A. R., Clyde.— Thanks for the trouble you have gone to. You would probably notice that the song appeared last week.

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