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Otago Witness, Issue 2499, 5 February 1902, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

jOEj 0E _There are about 400 hands employed at the Eoslyn Woollen Mills, whilst, according t-> the latest returns, ike Kaiapoi Woollen Mills only employ 369 bands. The Kaiapoi Company recently stated that they employed nOO ha^ds, but that; number, of course, included the employees at their clothing factory, which is one of the largest in the world. T E —The name of the three-year-old draught filly which- took the first prize at tne last Dunsdin show was Vie, a grey filly, foalea December, 1898, bred by Raid and Fleming, of Crookston— sire Wallace, dam Darling, grandsiro Lord Salisbury, granddam Kate, by Sir Cojin. ' . T M- Milton.— The single steerage steamer fare from Dunedin-to Wellington is 255, and it will cost you 2s 6d extta if you take yoi.t

bicycle with you.. Subscriber. — The conditions of sale iasned oy the Woolbrokere' Association certainly provide for ihe rejection of wool, within eight days of the time of sale, under certain circumstances For instance, cond: f ion fc-°- 3 is worded as follows:— "During the said eight days from the time of Bale, every reasonable facility will ; be given by tho.warehouae-keeper for the examination of any portion of the bulk not previously seen, and should it appear to the purchaser that any bale or bales b» falsely packed, or materially differ from those exhibited at the time of sale, any dispute or claim made by the purchaser in respest of such difference shall (if not forthwith arranged) be referred to the decision of., two disinterested persons— one to be chosen ay the soiling broker", and the other by the purchaser, who shall, if they disagree, nominate an umpire, and the award of such arbitrators or ujmarevshall be -binding^ on the parties, provided the same-be made in writing within the .said eight "days, and neither party snail bo at liberty to institute proceedings at law or in equity .against tbe'bther" during the -said eight days, or until such dispute shall have baen submitted to arbitration, as aforesaid, and the arbitrators or umpire shall have xeglected or delayed to give their or his award to the disputants during the said eight days; and if the decision of such arbitrators or umpire bs in favour of- the purchaser, then he shajl be at liberty to cancel the sale by giving-notice in writing of his intention to do bo to the brokers, during business hours, before the expiration of the said eight days. The cpst o^ the arbitration and award to abide the event ; ' and if through any neglect or omission o.i the part of the buyer, the matter in disn ate" shall not be submitted to arbitration as aforesaid,, the sale shall be held good and yalid, and the purchaser shall be bound to accept the property sold. And ibis condition aliall not prejudice the vendor's rights under the other conditions herein containedIf you consider that you have a grievance in the* rejection of your wool, you had better write to your agent for full particulars. Cricketer.— ■ No," to both your questions. Bule X says : " The ball must be bowled ; if thrown or "jerked, the umpire shall call ' No ball.' " "Waipahi. — A letter to him, care of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, London, would be for-

warded on. Hteed. — The matter ia regulated by the local ~ i > -by-laws. Jttheie is nothing in the ccuuty or jiranicipdl by-lawa to the contrary, it .is not to have a license. Subscriber, jfightcaps. — Poison must not be '"".' -laid-in any public place or any place adjacent •1 ' in 'any borough or town district,- or *a*"or within three chains of any- highway-out- - side ot-iwiy borough or town district, or on ■ "any Jand or.jtaeniiscs anywhere, not' in your own actual oscupation. Subject to "the- above ' restrictions, -you may lay poison for rabbits on land occupied by you, and will not be liable for damages to stock poisoned when straying or trespassing on your land. "Victim. — You may sue ior and recover a debt jury time within six years from the date of its being contracted. You can enforce a judgment for 20 years from and after the date of the judgment. Jas. M'Cakn.— A has no right to meddle with aroything growing on B's land. In the case of a live boundary fence, if the adjoning owners cannot agree as to the proper height iq which it should be allowed to grow, the proper course is «to apply to a magistrate lo decide the matter. There is no height pre«cjribed by the Fencing Acts f or live boundary fences. Inchikdbisla. — The working pressure is incieased by substituting the widei piping by the reduction of friction, but the dead pressure remains the same. Miner, Beaumont. — Mr H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, kiadly replies:— lf your syphon were water-tight, and if there was no air in it (for there should not be any an — it should be let out by a self-acting air valve), the water should stand at AA ns you contend. If you have air iv the pipes, it i.s difficult to see how it would lower the level, the air being still under pressure; if, however, the pressure on • the air were lessened by the diminished head of water, the air would consequently expand and thus force a little water trot of the -outlet, but there would be no lowering action afterwards. It is, however, con'ceivab'.e that if there were a quick speed of •water in the pipe and it were suddenly cut -off, the water might continue to flow after '.there was no head, by its momentum ; but in practice the flow would diminish gradually, 'and if his action occurred it would be very

«light. Scobie. — It could only be described either as a native of Scotland, of Chinese parentage, or .a. Chinese born hi Scotland. To call it Scotch without any qualification would certainly not he right.