NOTES AND QUEUES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 38

NOTES AND QUEUES.

Questions for reply in coming issue to ie receivtd not later than Monday night.

A. R. F.— (l) So far as we ara aware the numbers have not been published io the New Zealand papers, and we are therefore not in a position to answer your question. (2) What you describe is csrtainly gaming, and an offence, and the owner of a licensed house is bound at his psril to prevent it being carried on. Platelayer.— ohapped hands are very common

amongst persons with languid circulation who are continually dabbling in water during cold weather and do .not wipe them dry Boiled potatoes, mixed with some white almond mccl, not only cleanse the hands, but prevent chaps and keep the skin soft and healthy. The following lotion is sometimes used with advan-

i tage :— Borax, in powder, half a drachm ; pure glycerine, £oz ; soft water, half a pint. ' Nobo.— We do not quite understand yourques-. tion, but fancy you want to kaow if Watt is usually regarded as a Christian same. If conferred on a baby in baptism it is certainly a Christian name in that particular instance, but the name generally is a surname and not a Christian name. The abbreviation of Walter, Wat, id of course a Christian name. L. I.— 'J he word "Fenian" means a hunter Before the Germanic invasion, a Celtic race, socalled, occupied not only parts oflielandand Scotland, but al--o the noith of Germany and ths Scandinavian shores. It appears that the Fenians -of Ireland, Scotland, England, and Scandinavia had a great civil battle at G.*bhra, in Ireland, and extirpated each othei-- Oisin (Orsian) alone escaped. Competitor.— There can be no objection to both

being sent in. Farmer, Ida Valley.— We do not know the publication you mention. Mr Samuel Vaile, Auckland, issues a North Island guide, but we do not think theie is one for the South I-sland. Park,

Reynolds, and Co. issue a periodical circular and Donald Reid and Co. a farmer's circular, either of which would be supplied you on application. R. P. S.— Mr Beverly kindly replies :— Mr Hamilton' 3 answer i* quite correct, only his co-efficient Wis too great. 4"S instead 472 would agree with the formula I use (a modification of Kutter's). I make the discharge 61 "2 cubic feet per minute, or 551,0Q0gal per day. This is a totally different question to the one you asked before.

No mention was .made as to length of pipe, and I naturally concluded that the piesauie was at the efflux as in a turbine, In that case the velocity of efflux would "be abc.ut 100 ft per second, whereas with a mile of pipe it is only

s'2ft per second, J. B.— (1) Shall be glad to give it consideration if

sent. (2) No ; each tale will have two, and possibly three, illustrations. D. C— The Canadian-Australian line. All necessary information will bs supplied you by the New Zealand Shipping Company. (2) There is good wheat land. The climate is intensely cold in winter and correspondingly hot in summer. (3) Something of the kind w«s in forca a few years ago, but we cannot say whether the conditions still prevail. Write to the Secretary of State of the province, who will supply you with particulars of the existing land policy. (4) Not

tbat we know of. Snooks, Waipori.— (1) As the Bank of England does not pay interest on deposits, there scarcely seems any necessity to have a limit on the deposits. The "private deposits vary from .£20,000,000 to £30,000,000. (2) It is necessary for the would-be depositor to show that he is

in a condition to require a banking account,

which practically amounts to an introduction. ' Subscriber —We have not got the information

ay hand at present, but shall endeavour to reply in the course of a week or two. Vie. — You can recover your share by a suit in the Warden's Court, and can get from the court an

order to the shareholders to pay the money into court, to be kept until the case is settled. Barbed Wire. — In the case _ of a rabbit-proof fence the Fencing Act prescribes for one kind of fence " one barbed wire on top," but in any other case the use of barbed wire can be objected to, and it would then be for a magistrate to decide

the question. Taieri. — By " The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Con- . trol Act 1893" the certificate of a magistrate is * required, instead of the certificate of householders. Your query, theiefore, is not to the

purpose. Wages.— The employers are bound to keep onefourth of the contract money in hand until 31 days after the completion of the work. This amount is available for payment of the wages due to you, and you can sue in the Magistrate's Court under "The Contractors' and Workmen's

Lien Act 1892 " - \ Subscriber.— We think a holding under a perpetual lease cannot be taken in execution for a

debt. Rata — We think a sawmill such as you describe

is a factory within the meaning of the act. Balfour.— Everyone is liable to seven years' imprisonment with hard labour who commits

perjury. Hyde —The owner of any land who is not satisfied with the value of such land as asseised may within 28 days after the Board of Review has closed its sittings give notice to the commissioner that such owner requires the commissioner to reduce the assessment of such land to the amount specified in the returns made by such owner, and if the commissioner will not make such reduction, then requiring the coin-

missioner to acquire such land at the sum mentioned in the owner's return of such land. J. M. B.— We thank you for drawing attention to

the error.

Receipts for wages do -not require to

be stamped. W. A. F., Dunedin.— lt is against our rules to allow to appear in our columns comments on the manner in which contemporary journals are conducted, and we have therefore to reluctantly decline your letter in its present form. If you reconstruct it, eliminating all mention of special papers and dealing merely with the Liberal press, in general, we shall willingly find space for

it. W. 33. H., High street. — The controversy between Professor Huxley and Mr Gladstone aiwe out of a statement made by Professor Huxley in February, 1890, which Mr Gladstone commented on in " Good Words." To this Professor Huxley replied in the December number for 1890 of the "Nineteenth Century." The controversy went on in succeeding numbers of that review.