NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 50

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming issue to it received nut later than MONDAY night.

3?iger Hill.— (1) Certainly not. (2) The probability is that political colour has much more to do with it in these democratic days than moral and social standing. If you^have a grievance the best thing you. can do is to bring the matter before the chairman of the Land

Board. Ambitious. — The only shipping company connected with New Zealand which takes apprentices i 3 the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company. They expect a premium of from ,6<?o . to £100, which is nearly all returned in wages. Merchant ships do not carry midshipmen, only apprentices. Write to the National

Mortgage and Agency Company, Dunedin, who will no dbubt enlighten you. An Adventuress, Waikaka. — The shares are

quoted on the London Stock Exchange, and / they should be procurable without any difficulty if you have anyone at Home to buy - for you. We cannot say what they are quoted at, or the number of shsies in the different mines. You had, however, much better in-

vest your capital in approved local dredging

companies. .Chatter. — (1) The proper pronunciation of the name is said to be Kru-er. The public, however, vary between a soft "g" and a hard "g." Perhaps it would be safest for you to make your choice between the two lattei alternatives. (2) The final "c " in Cronje is . pronounced. %. D. N. X., Kelso.— To alter a violin to put in a new bass bar requires an expert. The ,- whole will require to be taken to" pieces and the belly with the bass bar toned to the

back. QJyatßO. — Place the berries in si icige pan or tub, and a litile more than co->-er them with water. Lot them remain four or five days, occasionplly squeezing out the juice with a presser made of a small block of wood like the head of a mallet, fitted with a handle of a suitable length. When they have remained a sufficient time press out the juice finally through a fine sieve or straining canvas. Add three or four pounds of sugar to each gallon vl juice. Jialf a pouiid of ginger, 9.0r. cloves, ' and cue or two ounces of allspice, according

to taste, to every four gallons. Boil for a full half-hour, pour into an open cask, and when hike warm add yeast, placed on toast, keeping it well covered, and let it work for a little less than a week. Then skim off the yeast, put in a cask, and leave it to ferment, with the vent peg loose. When the fermentation ceases bung the cask tightly, and let it remain for two months at least, when it will be fit for use, though a longer time is of course preferable. Pakeha. — We have hi ought the matter you referred to under the notice of the Hon. J. M'Kcnzie, Minister of Lands, who has kindly p greed to communicate with the Native Minister. The result will be made known through our columns in the course of a few . days. J. Albert (Alexandra). — Major Kennedy replies : — The cavalry are armed as usual, the only change made being in the dragoon regiments. All the troopers in the front rank of every squadron are armed with a lance in addition to other weapons. All scabbards, hilts, and lance heads have been painted khaki. The length of the 4.7 gun now in use in South Africa is 194. 1 in. This last information was requested some time ago. E. M., Port Chalmers. — (1) There are no Indians and no blacks at all fighting for Great Britain in South Africa. (2) There is no convention between the Powers to prevent the British from taking Pretoria. (3) Individual foreigners cannot be prevented from going through Delagoa Bay to help the Boers. Fair Play, Milton. — The local constable is the inspector for the district.