NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

IkQTJlßEß.— Stewardesses on the Home going boats are usually engaged in London for the return trip, and it is very seldom that a vacancy occurs in New Zealand. When there is a, vacancy there are usually a large number of applicants, and preference would be given to those having previous experience. For the trip Home the remuneration vonlcl be small, but there is usually an opportunity of making something out of "tips"' >from the passengers. If you make application to any of the shipping companies — Tor instance, the New Zealand Shipping Company or ShawSavill, they will put your name down, but you. will not have much chance unless you can bring some influence to bear. Miner.— A silver-mounted pipe can be obtained from 10s 6d to £1, and a silver-mounted walking-stick from 15s to 303. The engraving wculd cost about 5s extra on each article. You would find Mr S. Jacobs, Princes street, Dunedin. a reliable pgency. Jlosgiel. — You- second volume of Burns's Poems is of no use without the first volume •If you had the set complete, it would probably be marketable, seeing it is an old edition. Subscriber, Makarewa.— Wash the skins thoroughly in soapsuds, and afterward? ric&e m clean watei. Foi black: Work the skins for 20 minutes in 9 bath with Boz camwood; lift and add Boz copperas ; work the skins in- this for another 20 minutes, then withdraw the fire from the boiler, and submerge the skins in the liquor over mght. In the morning remove the skins and wash them in clear watei . Then work them for an hour in another bath containing a decoction of slb logwood and one pint of chamber lye. At the end o{ the hour remove the skins and ndd 4or copperas to the bath ; work the skins in this for 20 minutes, then rinse m clear water, and dry. Etd Work the =kin» for 20 minutes in a bath made up with loz each of chrome and alum : then wash the skins and work them for 30 minutes in another bath with 3lb peachwood or limawood. Remove the skins, add loz alum to the bath, and work the skins in it for 20 minutes ; wash anS dry them. Yellow. Work for 20 minutes in r bath containing Boz tartar and Boz alum; lift, add 21b bark, Boz fumach, Soz fustic, and a pint of red spirits. Work 40 minutes, wash, and dry. Olive. — (1) Birdlime may be made horn the inner bark of the holly and also from linseed oil. Iv making it from the latter put half a- pint of linseed oil into an old pot — not more than a-third full. Put it on a slow fire, stir it Dcca&ionally until it thickens as much as lequired, which will bo known by cooling the stick in water, and testing it with the fingers. It is best made i-ather hard. When thick enough, pour it into cold water. It can bo brought back to the consistency required by mixing it with a little coal tar. (2) Yes, at the Dresden, Princes street. Ht.cord. — A publican ceitamly has a right to refuse to supply alcoholic liquor to any person at any time. Fbeehold. — You do not need a license to use your own (freehold land for any lawful purpose you please. All gold and silver belong to the Crown, but there is no recent case in •which it has b?en sought to prevent the owner of the land mining for them in his own land. If such an owner applied for a holding under "The Mining Act, 1593," he would then be fully authorised to mine fcr gold and silver. Constant Subscriber — By the law of England a person can leave all his property by will to any person he pleases. In New Zealand the law ia different in this respect fiom the law of England. John. — The dispute is one for a stipendiary magistrate to decide. You should, therefore, forthwith bring the mptter before a magistrate. Any, other course may land you into useless expense. Pater, Tisbnry. — The custom of a, week's notice, or a week's pay instead, only applies to persons employed in domestic service. No such rule applies to persons employed by the day. Constant Subscriber. — Strictly speaking, the roads are all vested in the iocal authority, which in your case is the county council. No one has a right to place anything on a public load, and anything of the nature of an obstruction may lav/fully be removed by any person using the road. The ov.'nei of laud adjoining a public road has no greater lights in this respect than any other person. Record — The piovisious of the pet are "The owner or the agent of the ovn f i of an> cattle or sheep, or any servant employed h\ such owner or agent, may destroy any dog ruiimrfr nt large amongst such cattle oi sheep." You will observe that this applies to all dogs, whether registered oi not. The meie f act of the dog trespassing would not in itself alone justify its destruction. Subscribes. — There may be many reasons for your bees clinging to the outside of the hive, and it would be difficult to determine the exact cause without examination. You might try putting them on to clean comb, as it is possible foul brood is the cause. !YV. M. C. — The Lands Department here have no information regarding the Bay of Plenty district. You had better communicate with the Surveyor-generai, Wellington. P. Conway. — (1) The subjects of the matriculation examination comprise English, arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid, Latin, Greek, French, German, history, geography, elementary mechanics, physics, chemistry and biology, the elements of music and drawing. Every ;andidate is required to pass in at least seven subjects, except those who take Latfn or Greek, who are required to pass in six subjects. Every candidate is required to pass in English, arithmetic, and at least one of the foreign languages — Latin, Greek, French, or German. Standard text-books on all these Bubjects can be obtained from any bookseller. YOU VJHllsi Attd tli£ UwvW^tS C.tdeijd.iu- A

issued by Whitcombe and Tombs, very useful to you. (2) " The Defence Act, ISSC," provided that " any volunteer may, after one year's service, except when on actual military service, quite his corps," but by " The Defence Amendment Act, 1900. the ' one year " was altered to " three years." Assay. — You should obtain a copy of the School of Mines " Syllabus and Synopsis of Classes, ' issued by the Otago University. The textbook recommended is Furman's " Manual of Assaying.' R. D. — As you are in the Southland Education district, your application should be sent to the Invercargill office.