NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2390, 21 December 1899, Page 50

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in cjminfi issue to Is received •i-.t later than MvXDAY -itlg'U.

Pitczlist. — "We have no record, but think it safe to say that Shavkey and Coibett fcu&ht a draw in America about two years ago. Subscribe!'., Murchison.— (l) We cannot say. (2) llichard Carlile, for reprinting Painc's works, wa3 sentenced after a three duys' trial in 1819 to a fine of £1300, and three years' imprisonment iv .Dorchester gaol. His ■uiie, for continuing to publish, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in 1821. On his release he continued to publish, in spite of continued seizures of his stock; of a, three years' extension of his imprisonment in lieu of payment cf the fh:e; the imprisonment of his sister for a year be?ides a fine; and the imprisonment o"[ nine of his shopmen in terms cf from six months to three years. Throe more years' imprisonment followed on a refusal to pay church lates, and a second term of 10 weeks in 1834-35, bringing up the total imprisonment of this victim of rehsrious intolerance to nine years and fout months. (-1) Induce him to take up a hobby of any description, and also to go in for physical exercise, such as cycling or horse-riding. "W- O.— We cannot say, but should think New South Wales would take the lerd, with Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia following in the order given. Bf.tsv.— (l) "Terror" will deal with yoiv fi'-st question in Poultry Note 3. (2) No, 1900 is - not a leap year; 1700, 1800, and 1900 were emitted fiom the list of leap years wheu the calender was rearranged. "(3)" Thank j-ou for your kind wishes, which we heartily recipiocate. F. 11. W.-AVc have no definite information on the point, but probably the Molyneux will, its discharge per minute, according to Balfour, being 1,000,000 cubic feet. Water, Katea.— Authorities state that a dam of the descnption you give should not be thinner than Gft at the top, especially where there may be ice. This, however, is where the bursting miy invoivc loss to life or propertj. If this were not &o mi your csisc you might have the bottom 6ft thick and the top 3ft (or even less). Taking it, however, at that thickness, we have an average of •lift, which gives 40 cubic yards, which, at the fctiength you state, would take 760 bags, or a third the number of casks of cemenV. °With clem, sharp material, however, you could do with less cement than the nronortion you name. " J PIiBrLKXED.— The name is perfectly legal without anything being done. A person may adopt any rame he pleases, cr speil 1113 name according to his own taste and fancy. It may csaise some small additional expense in case of you falling heir to p:operty, but is immaterial so long as evidence of your identity is obtainable. If you desire to adopt a name or a new spelling of the one jou now" bear, you may execute a deed dcelam.g thi't you have adopted the new iiame or new spelling, and advertise the fact in the New Zealand (Jazelte ai.d the newspapers. Cost, from £3 to £5. M. A. G.— lf 'ihomas B. lent Henry F a sum of money 20 years ago and. nothing has since been paid on account of it, and no signed acknowledgement of the debt given by Henry F. within six years last p;»st, B. cannot recover the money by an action if F. pleads the Statutes of Limitations. Navvy. — A publican is not compellable by law to sell alcoholic drinks to any person, either on Sundays or week days. A. E. B.— (1) The number put en the voting papsr is the number of the voter on the electoral roll, and it is put on the paper for several leasons — for instance, to show that the elector has voted, "as a check to prevent and detect double voting, etc. (2) The ballot papers, when done with for election purposes, are >»<uU uq into