NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1681, 9 February 1884, Page 18

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Inquirer, Hamilton" — (l) Section 81 of the Land Act of ]8:2 (on occ >patlon of perpetual leaseholds) pro- ' vldes that—" Every lessee Shall within six months ol the commencement of his term, and thereafter for a period ot'Mx consecutive yearn, reside on some portion of tho lands leased by h'm " (2) No application for land.under the pcrpetual-leise sywtem can be received until such land is sut apart by proclarua'ion in tbe Gazette, and day duly advertiued tor receiving tenders for same. Glasgow asks tho terran under which the Ashburton farmers obtained their 400 miles of watov-races Did the Government advance tho money, and how was the original advance repaid 1 Axy other pur* ticu'ars will be esteemed — The water-racoa were , constructed by the Aeh^urton County Council under the provisions ol The Aehburton County Council Waterworks Act 1879." and Amendment Act, 1880. Tho Guv eminent had nothing 1 to do with it. The ueceeeary funds srero raised by way of loan nnd the property of the- ratepayers is re> eponsibfe for the payment cf capital and interest. In tho Counties Act. Amendment Act of last Besfcion the provisions of the Ashburton Act have been incorporated. (See Mr Pyke'e ** Supplement to Handy Boflk of Local Government' ) Any county 'can now avail itself of the like privileges, which are found to be very beneficial to the resident settlers. Cokbtant' Bbadbr, Tuapeka.— Certainly not ; il your letters have been tampered with, it is your duty to communicate with the Chitf Postmaster, Dunedin, who would immediately inquire into tho circumstances of the ca-o. Ikquirer.— The father iv. the ease you mention would not be b, bouseholdoryand would'oonaequently not bo entitled to a vots in the clcotion of tbe Committee., W..H. ss — Your only courne would be to' guarantee a certain amouat to be ,flxed by tho Chief PoHt/jfiaste.r, DudoUb, for a fortnightly or -uuai&hly &eiviCa.

Communicate with slr Barr, and he will no doubt advise \ cv aa to what* cour'C to pursue Bat Row a-k-i if there was an AC. pasaod dudnsr tbfi Hall Alinislry n<aking it conuinlsor.v to Kive a receipt to all purchasers o£ £2 and upwards, even if not asked for • JNo. ;}. T. — (i tinlant ewnofc ba brought to Danedtn ; p]ain>iff icufat sue in Qnre Ho should employ a poliui'or there, aud plaintiff h'nuJf can either go to Gore or have his evidence taken Iv Dunedin ; bnt t even if he BUiceudß he will not get! travelling; expC'Ußtß. 11., Strath-Ta'eii, »tk9 :— What aie tho differont qualifications lor a vote for M.li X ?— The followicyr are qualitlud :— (1) Evorv man of the »(re of 21 years haviu« a freehold estate of tho value of £26 ; (2) every man of the nge of 21 j ears who has resided for one j ear in (ho Colony, aud for six months in the electoral district. diurißA, Oatnaru, writes: -Enclosed you will find a report of o ca-se tried in Engliud lately (Weldon v. Weldon). I should Jike to know if there wero a case similar br.»u«ht befom a Now Zealand judge would he bo bound in any way by the d-eoi&ion Sir James Bar m en arrived ai — or, in other words, would j i either husband or wife living apurt without ftny deed of separation be compelled to resume cohabitation or go to prison, or is the New Z -aland law different from the English in that respeco?— The New Zealand law is tho same as tho Kntriish law on 'tbtti point, aivi no doubt the sarno decision would bo fiivu ■ here in a aim lar ci*e. tVLUXLLAH writer! M listtr Editor, I ha'o read wi' ureac' interest soruo versos in l'»8t Sefcten!a\'a Wnness entitled " Mf« Horn and Her Man," and I writ* j c twn or three lines just to s, eer at j c if h'» the same T.«mmie Horn that I Wa,a ncqueut wi'. Tho Xammio Hnrn that I ken o', wag captain o' the ferry Bteamor at Kiucardiui on Forth, and was a puir, drucken,»fushionleas boijy, juat as ye lia'e "dcsciibed him, and llist<eHH Horn was a sharp, u.auagin' kin'l c' woman I'he ductoi's wifo used tae ba aye S'jndin' doon till her f >r sweet milk in sic quantity that MistrorS Horn began toe wonder whan it was a' for, so sa\ c she till tho las'id, •♦ Whaß does \er mi»(,r>Jßß dae wi' sic a. iot o* hwuut milb-t' — "'Oh," eajs the Uu&io, '•she gi'e* 'c till the hoo "— " fill tho soo ! ' repeated Mis'ietM Horn, haudin 1 uobaith o' hor hands; •'• >tan{> awa hama, and tell yer mistress t 1 at we dinua feed j swine on nwet milk in Kia».ardine, and I'll no sell i milk till her for ony etc purpose."— Th« caarACtor.- | certainly teem to tally to a remarkable deyree, | but we .should not like to expre-s an opinion unt.il j the author of the lines in qutntion puints Mrß ■ Horn's picture us truthfully a>< he apparently has done the redoubtable " Tammj'i*." J. R. L., Southland, asks what is the cause of mi'dew on new calico, aud is trn-re any way of taking it out of tho calio.— lt must have been kept iv a damp pla-'e. Wet the spoils wi'h a solu'ion of chloride of foda, or of chloride of lime', and they will immediately dkap'pear ; thun wash, and dry in sun Fruit and \uno stains may be lenaovoJ ia thsBame way. Starched or drossod cvico or Huen which has contracted mildew spots will rcquiro an application each uay for two or threo day^, rinsing out and bleaching iv the sunshine after each application. rUFFBRER, Kawarau Gorge.— Try tho following :- Tincture of podophyilm 80 diops; tincture rhei, loz ; tinciure buchu,. J(>z ; tincture gentian Co., $"z; wate' to triage .up to B^B.— of which tnke one cablo-<poi)i)ful thiee times a Lay. "You Bhould have given mote detailed particulars a» to your symptoms.