NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2556, 11 March 1903, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming istue to be received tut later than MONDAY night.

Inquirer. — Private G. R. Bradford, of the Xew Zealand First Contingent, wounded at Jasfontein on December 18, 1899, died of hia wounds on December 28, 1899, was the first • New Zealaiider killed in the late Boer war. Farmer. — Mr Davic, consulting engineer, - Moray place, Dunedin, kindly replies : —lf you fill your dip to within 2ft from the top you will need about 440 gal )f solution. If you add another 6in you will need about Hsgal more, malting 58ogal, 18in from the top. If you add another 6in you will need about 156 gal more, making 741ga1, 12in from the top. If you add another 6in you will need about 180 gal more, making 921ga1, 6in from the top. If you fill it by adding another 6in yoa will need about 220 gal more, making 1141 gal in all. Constant Reader.— Tlie materials requiied for making lOgal of home-made baer are: Half-bushel crushed malt, 10lb brown sugar, 21b treacle. The process is: Put the malt in a large tub, and pour 14gal boiling water on top of the malt; stir for fi\e minutes, then cover up closely to keep the steam in ; stir every 15 minutes, replacing the cover after stirring. Let cool in the mash ; when cold strain through a bag or cloth into a boiler. To this liquid add the sugar and treacle and lib best hops. BoiJ the whole for four hours, then cool quickly in a tub. When cold add one pint brewers' yeast; let it ferment for six hours, then pour into a small barrel, keeping a bucketful of the liquid for filling-up purposes. The liquor must not be Allowed to ferment for a few days, lining which, time the barrel must bo kept full, allowing the yeast to run over When fermentation ceases, clean the outside of the barrel. Now put 2oz of isinglass in half a pint >f cold water, and let it stand* for two hours. To this add half a pint of boiling water, and when cold pour it intc the beer and bung closely for one week, when it will be ready for the table. Monowai.— lf a servant has beea rightfully dismissed for misconduct after a certain period of service, but before any wages have accrued due under the contract, the servant cannot lecover for the services rendered unless a new agreement to pay for such services can be established. Wageb.— Neither party can legally enforce a claim to the money. It is expressly enacted by section 7 of "The Gaming Act, 1894," that "no action shall be brought or maintained in any court of law for recovering any sum oi money, or valuable thing alleged to bt

won by way of Stakes or prize on any event or contingency of or relating to any horserace, or other race, game, sport, or exercise." J. G.— lt would be illegal to sell tho steer otherwise than at a pound sale, for which purpose tho animal should be delivered to i the nearest poundkeeper. Farmer. — B cannot impound A's cattle for trespassing on the unfenced laud ; but he | may claim from A full satisfaction for any ! actual damage sustained in consequence of ; the trespass. B's fence should be erected i on the boundary line, and when it is placed there B can claim from A interest on half : tho cost of erection at the rate of 10 per cent. i per annum during A's term of occupation. Taka. — If a master has, by virtue of his contract for hiring, acquired a property in the labour and services of a servant, the said master can maintain an action against a third person who entices the servant away before the expiration of the period of hiring. S. L. S. — (1) The wife oannot marry again until the husband dies, or the marriage is decreed a nullity by the Supreme Court. (2) She would be liable to a charge of bigamy if she did. (3) Before a decreo of nullity on the ground of insanity can be obtained, it must be conclusively proved that disease of the mind existed at the time of the marriage. W. V.— Wo presume it depends greatly upon tho point of view. We do not know anything about tho correspondent of the Hawke's Bay paper to whom you refer, or of his letters, and possibly tho l atter may be the "driwle" you state them to be, but we regard our own correspondent's letters as very much above the average, and feel .ertain he endeavours to take an impartial view of every subject he deals with. It would, indeed, bo a bad day for the colony were comments on the land or any other policy of the Government to be tabooed and a system >f mutual admiration substituted for honest and fearless criticism. H. R.— ln meeting a vehicle a rider would keep to the left; in. passing one he would pass on the right side- of tho vehicle. Tho wording of your question leaves it dubious whether you mean meeting or passing, which, of couTee, are two different things. W. J. H. — We presume you mean within the colony. If so, the inspector of police would probably be able to supply you with the information you require R. B. — Of tho two world-famous batsmen W. G. Grace and V. Trumper, the former has made the highest individual score in any match, having compiled 400 not out for the' United South of England Eleven against Twenty-two of Grimsby in July, 1876. This is the highest individual score ever obtained against odds. V. Trumper' a highest score in any match is -335, which he compiled on

Saturday, January 31, of the present year, whilo paying for Paddington against Redfern. The highest individual score in any match is A. E. J. Collins'a 628 not out, in June, 1899. The game in which this record was created extended over five afternoons. Collins's innings lasted six hours and 60 minutes.