NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1704, 19 July 1884, Page 17

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Ixmet Pkihbr writes :— ln reference to a question put by "Nonpareil" in last week's Witness, permit me to state that the employment of female compositors —or " she-printers," as I have heard them ungallantly termed— in this Colony is not-confined to the Auckland Star. The sister of the proprietsr of a newspaper tn Southland has been engaged at typesetting: for a number of years, and I believe she is tolerably «xpert at the business. But, not to go beypnd Dunedin, there are three female compoiiton employed by the firm of Jolly, Connor, and Co. I understand thay are closely related to one of the partner!, and as the office is a •• close borough," It is not known what amount they average per week. Z. writes:— (l) A got permission from the runholder Jjp fence a paddock ; .bubsequently B got permission to fenoe another paddock adjoining As. Can A legally recover from B half the value of the boundary fence, which was constructed by A about four years previous to B getting the land ? (2) C bought a house and town section at an auction sale from D who was to give the Crown title on receipt of payment to tho purchaser. C's intention in buying was to commence business, but ho refrained because D did not give the deeds, which are supposed to be lost. O made prompt payment, for wbich he ho^ a stamped receipt from D. Can O legally recover damages from D, and make him produce the deeds 7 -(1) We are of op'nion that he cannot. (2) C can - eithor compel D to give him a title, or recover damages from P. O. M., Stirling.-(l) No. (2) It applieu in both cases A^spwdrai, LHBiB writes :-I know I could get the Jfcsd Converted into deferred payment after holding \t thfeo. years, but what I want »o know is, can 1 get an exchange l«ase after waiting five years or elgjjt or nine years aft* r it is takijn up ? The land wS» token up-und<jr " Tho Minya Act l§77,"and was

granted to me in April 1878.— We aro not aware of any provision of the kind in the case of leases under the Act of 1877. Subsoribbb asks :-Has a road board or county council the power to compel a farmer to remove the gorte eff a public road adjoining hia property, tho gorae having spread from his fence ? -Such a peKoa refusing or neglecting for a month after notice from tho county council or road board to grub up the gorse is liable to a penalty of £5 for each day. and the council or beard may causo the work to be done at his expense. Constant Reader.— Deposit the specification of the invention and the application (or the patent at the nearest Supreme Court Omo«. A fee of 10s is payable on the specification being deposited, and £2 on the letters patent being granted. On the deposit of , the specification the inventor 1* protected for 12 months, and tho application for the patent is to be proceeded with witbiu that period. Bushman, Tapanui.— (l) The nearest road to the Arcade from tho raihvay-ilation is by Lower Rattray street, Customhouse f quare to Princes street, thence up High street. (2) Mr Bannister, chemist and druggist, occupies the opposite corner to the Douglas Hotel. The shop wax formerly occupied by Messrs Peterson and Co., grocers. J. W. T., Gore.— We are not aware of the amount charged for a passage from Sydney to Brmbane, but tho fare from the latter port to Maryboiough is £3 J. W. 8., Lumeden. — We do not know anything about tho drawing of the lottery you allude to. The advertisement eime to v* from our Melbourne agents in the ordinary course of business. Land Nationalisation. — There arc so many calls upon our space ju.-t now that we cannot mako room for your paper. Subscriber — Tho epecimens you forward us aro 'simply clays, although on being roasted one of them tuins to a kind of umber. They are of no commercial value. O. X —We have no means of finding out, but if you contemplate joining the staff a letter to Dr Neil!, at the Seaeliff Asylum, would no doubt elicit the desired informatior. * Garston.— Your letter did not reach us in time for Jass ig«no. As it is now rather out of date we have withheld it. Electoral. — Many of our correspondents have forwarded .us long reports of speeches delivered in their districts by candidates for Parliamentary honours. Our space is so limitod this' week that we havo reluctantly been compelled to leare several of them out. Sißst ribrr asks if there Is such a work to be had in Dunedin as a self-instructor in Navigation.—Ainsley's Guide Book, 15s ; N> rrle'a .Navigation, 20s ; Kapor's Navigation, 20a ; Naoier's Manual of Navigation, 7s Cd. At Wise, Caffin, and Co.'s. M L. asks the name of a work on the South Sea Island*, containing a chart of the islands. -Brett's OuiJe to Fiji, price 2s 6J, will probably anßwer all your requirements.