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Otago Witness, Issue 2285, 16 December 1897, Page 53

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Questions for reply in coming issue to be received «ot later than Monday night. Volunteer.— Tbe minimum age for entering the volunteer service is 17 years, excepting tyoys as buglers, trumpeters, or musicians, w,ho may be enrolled at 12 yeara of s>ge. (2) This question is unintelligible. C. H. S. 8.-(l) The Cluiha River lias not been navigated by the s.s. .Napier within the past .four years. (2) Tbero is Btt of water on the bar 1 at li»w tide. The " river has been practically • ' closed since the flood of 1878. Oakrik — You cau get fein albums at Braithwtftte's Book Arcade at 16* 6d each. If tbat should be too expensive, an ordinary photo ' j»lbum->will answer the purpose — which- may be had from Is 3d to Bs. Bis.— No, we 'have no agents for the places you mei'tion. ' l.'o»N Rag.— (l) Deposit the f-pecifications of your invention a.nd the application for the patent at the neare-t Supremo pourt office. A fee of 10s is payable on tha specification being deposited and £2 on the letters patent being granted. On the specifications bfing deposited the invention Is protected for 12 months, and the application for the patent is to be proceeded with, within 12 months. (2) If you e»>ploy a patent a pent to draw out your specifications and do all the necessary work connected with the application a provi ional patent will coat jou £2 2s, and a complete patent about £4 4s. 13) Squeeze the . blackheads out as soon as they appear, iliia operation may be assisted by keeping the part affected over a vessel containing hot water for five minutes at a time, then squeezing and subsequently rubbiug brit-kly with a coarse towel. J. G.— No ; the fact of your being absent six months would make no difference. J. C— The steerage return fare from Dunedin to Wellington is 355. Housewifk.— Mr Bevetly kindly replies :— The reasoa why old smoothing irons do not retain the heat so long as new ones is, doubtless, tbat they become rusty from continued boating. Itusty iron loses its he*t by radiation about four times as fast as bright iro a, and if coaled •with lamp Mack it would lose its heat about six times as fast. Hei-cc it would be advisable to Leap the back, as well as the face, always clean and bright. Tcapbka asks if any reader can iuform her of the way to wax garden flowers, such as roses, etc. Header. Mandeville. — There is no record of the distance of tha throws iv the ball-throwing competition at the last Oiledoniau game?, but ■we believe it was about 2tSft, the weight of the ball being 2?lb, and the winners being P. Murphy 1, W. Uru 2, A Skinner 3. Enquirer. — Whenever a will is proved it is lodged in the office of tbe court which grants the probate. It is there available for all pp a r3ons who wish to read it upon payment of a fee of 2s. Poma. — Want of space prevents the appearance of your letter. The discussion ha», however, gone far enough, and nothing is to be gained by a continuance of it.