NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2410, 10 May 1900, Page 50

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming issue to It received n;t later than MONDAY txighl.

C. R — Winter hi this part of the colony may roughly be said to extern] from the middle of May to the middle of August as a rule. The ordinaiy spring, or time of the year when vegetation begins, depends entirely on climate, so that you cannot have any fixed lule for the whole of the colonies. The astronomical seasons depend upon the sun's position in the zodiac. Spring and autumn comlxtecce at the equinoxes, summer and winter at the solstices, and these generally agree very well with the /natural seasons in most temperate climates. The astronomical winter begins on June 20. . "Woolclasse?.. — If you could overcome the dif-

iiculty of change of language we should say South America. However, it will be 0.3 well for you to, remember that distant fields are always the greenest, and you will probably find that New Zealand is quite as good as either. If you are determined to make a

change, why not try New South "Wales -or

Q\\ eensland ? Psoitrisis. — Wash the parts with a lotion of baking soda 102 to half-pint of cold water, three times a day. Apply tar ointment at night. Taka internally a mixture (prepared by your

chemist) of sloes, gentian, and bicarbonate of potash. Write after trying this for a month. M. C. asks if any reader can supply her with

the Maori for Marguerite, " rest in peace." RA.BBITEB. — Sarking felt is obtainable at any ironmongers'. The price at Arthur Briscoe j ironmonger's. The price at Arthur Briscoe

and Co.'s is od a. yard. Tui. — (1) The steerage passage from Dunedin

to Capetown is £17 19s Sd

postage

on the Witness to. South Africa is 3?. d. E. P. — We ca.nnot say definitely what the peai-

is, but it resembles beurre base. Subscriber. — So far as we know it is all consumed in the United Kingdom. We have

never heard of any being exported from

British ports. Old Subscribes. — At C. Bills's, George street. J. E. C. — If the mixture claims to peimanently remove superfluous hairs, it is to bs distrusted. No mixture has yefc been discovered which destroys the hair bulb without destroying the skin also. The effect depilatories is the same as that of the razor, the new growth is stionger than the old. As you say you cannot afford either the time 01 the money to have the hair removed by electrolysis you

had better leave well alone, and noi commence

experiments* Nugget. — CD All Government servants undei The Civil Service Act retire at GO, but the present Government do not enforce this rule, and as long as a man is fit and able to do his work are not in any hurry to pension him oft. (2) The less plum treea are pruned the better. Of course it may be necessary to take out a branch here and thero occasionally, but even

this should not be done unless there is good

i - e?son for it. Go. — ks you are going to have a " coach," don't you think it would be advisable to leave over the selection of books until you come to terms with him, then get his advice on the matter. Fashions in ex?minationp, like in everything else, change, and the person who makes teaching a profession will be fay more likely to know all about up-to-date manuals than an outsider.