NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 20

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Inquirer, Green Island.— (l) There are several ways of storing apples for winter us</. Many spreid the fruit on the floor of a well- ventilated spare room, and go over it every now and again to pick out the speoked apples, but this plan takes up too much space, which can be ill spared. A good plan is to wrap up each apple separately in paper and paok them in a barrel, which should be kept in'aoeol place. A correspondent in a contemporary states that be has been very successful in paoking In dry sand in barrels. Whichever way is adopted the greatest care should be exercised in picking and storing the fruit, as th« least bruise will cause It to decay. The following paragraph on the subject is taken from an exchange : — When it is wished to preserve apples during the winter they should be allowed to remain on the trees until perfectly ripe. They should be colleoted in fine, dry weather and placed in heaps to dry as much as possible. The apples should then be carefully wiped, and all those which appear unsound in the slightest degree removed. The rest are then to be packed in large jars or boxes, and care should be taken while doing this that the fruit is not bruised or injured in any way. The jars or boxes should then be closed and made secure so as to exclude the nirat much as possible, by which they will be kept plump and sound and retain their flavour. Agriculture. — Mr J . L. Dow is Minister of Lands and Agriculture for Victoria. Mr Levfen was his predecessor. Bald.— It is very doubtful whether anything will make hair grow on a bald head. To check tbe hair falling a mixture of cantharides and bay rum is good. It may be mentioned that tbe former is the principal ingredient in all preparations for making the hair grow, Warren Bush.— The building of the Great Eastern was begun on May 1, 1854, and the vessel was launched after much difficulty in January 1838, but she did not make her first voyage till June 1860. Progress. — Previous experiments have demonstrated that it would not pay to do so. The record will of course be by no means lost, as a considerable number of copies of both papers are bound. Constant Reader. — The Premier, of course. J. M. H.— (l) The Governor's nameis William Hillier Onslow, and he was the son of George Augustus Oranley Onslow, Esq. (2) Tack the ikin on a board with the flesh aide out, and scrape with a blunt knife. Next rub it over hard with pulverised chalk till it will absorb no more. Then take the skin from the board, and cover it with pulverised alum, double half way over, with the flesh side in contact, then roll tightly together and keep dry for three days. after whloh stretch It again on a board and dry it in the air. When thoroughly dry work it through a curtain ring till soft and pliable, when it is ready for use, A. G. N. — (1) Perhaps to on that one partioalar point. (9) There oau'.be'no question as to the injustice of the tax, and we have always been in favour of its abolishment. Your logio on the point is impregnable. (3) We agree with your opinion of the article In oonneotion with the iOmin"ral court j there can be no question that they Sform a reoord which will be of great value in after yean. Old Subscriber, Woodville.— Kr Hialop. in his address at Oaraaru, put it as follows i— The opera-, ttons of the Stout- Vogel Government ended in a deficit of *Hfl,ooo, and even then they bad taken £101,000 out of the sinking fund, without whioh the deficit would have been £247.000, and they pro-

posed extra taxation of about £250,000. T. W., Wimbledon,— Hit name ; nofc a no?n deplume. W. MO. We can learn of no man of the name ]n Dunedin. None of the directories published for some years past give tbe name either for Dunedin or any other part of tho colony. The only; way to find out definitely la to have a search made of tbe registry if yon oooslder it worth while to do io.

Had he been a moneyed man, as your correspondent alleges, it is almost certain his name would have appeared in one or other of the directories. Guy Fawkes.— (l) The best way is for an applicant to apply on board any of the company's steamers to the chief engineer. He must, however, be a member of the Seamen's Union to be eligible for an appointment. (2) No; but he must be acquainted with the work. B. Cooper, Skipper's Point, who wishes to state that he did not know anything about tbe report of a recent ball whloh appeared in a local paper until he saw it in print, should write to the paper In question, as the report did not appear in our columns. Bbhwkr.— No, if the traveller has not already had too much. Mother,— No. $ Subscriber.— A wfll be liable for the cost of clearing 'if he has not obtained the consent of the proper authorities to plant the gorse.