NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2581, 2 September 1903, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Qtutliont for repbi in caning itiut (9 be received n«( later than MO S DAY wsitl.

[Note to Readers. — Is 13 suggested that anyone knowing any simpler, cheaper or more effective way of obtaining the lesult n«eded .than is given in the answers in. this co.umn, should communicate the particulars to the editor, as tho aawers given arc intended to bo as reliablo and effeotive as possib'.e, also ■that anyone who may adopt what has been r.dvia d s'aould wr.te if recornmendaiio 1 has bren a success or if they have found anything giving better' results; also, whether they pdopted tho wholo or any part as advised. By these means it is thought that more help will be given to those needing it thaa by any othef method.] Scaecity ok Winged Game.— 'True Sportsman" writes: — Sir,— Since pollard has become the favourite bait for poisoning rabbits, ■there is a hope that any attempt at restocking the country dislricta with winged game would "meet with a :arge measuie of success. When poisoacd grain was generally in use the -pheasants end partridges ate it greedily, and they went down by the thousands, until, as is known, they have become a 9 scarce as the moa over our entire inland distiicts. California^ quail were also on the eve of extinction at tho time poisoned pollard came into vogue. The pheasant, partridge, and weka had been snuffed out before that date. Today tho quail bid fair to become as numerous as the sparrow, even in districts where poisoned pollard i 3 being laid rcgu'arly about their haunts. I have watched the results with some interest, and find that the quail do not attempt to eat the pollard. I went co far as to try a little noisored wheajk on the flock, and this had disastrous results during 'the little time L permitted a couple of birds to samplo it. lhe experiment went to show tLat quail anyway will escape the dangers of poisoned pollard, but will fall to the more luring grain. I? it not that pheasants and other game would have a similar dislike or distaste for poisoned pollard? lam almost confident that were our Acclimatisation Society to undertake letting out a few braco of birds in the high country in Central Otago the xcsuits would be more ihan gratifying in the course of a few years. I would suggest Moutcre Run, near Clyde, os a suitable "site on which to hbnrato a fey ipheasants, and I am certain Ma- Jopp would bs pleased to receive the birds were they consigned to his care. Subscribed— We know noting 'about them furthei' than what their advertisement encloses. U. G.— We have submitted your question to Mr W Goodlet, who replies: -The following is the mslting point Fahr. of the metals your corresßondent names:— Gold, 2192; copper, 1996; "iron, between 1705 and 34001 snvcr, "1832; platinum requires oxy. hydrogen very hio-h heal. It i 3 a miotako to tall t!io niei-a.s in a liqiud sitle. It should be m a mo.te.i staia. Hydro.— Mr H. M. Davev, consn. ',.>.<; engineer. kindly -.ephes — W.th jour H u.iiUity of waior «id v-"ur fall v, Palton wheel shoiwd sivc

44 h.p. A wheel can b? maae for this work aa small as 2ft m diameter, which iuns at about 700 per minute, or tho wheel can be made larger and to travel slov/e-r. | Cokstast Re.»deb, Inver3argill. — Wo shall cout sider your suggeslioa, but are afraid that the* trouble and expense the project wou'd entail would bo scarcely warranted by the results. W. H. R. ask* if any reader can tell h'm. how to melt and purify kauri gum, and how to polish when taken from a mould. — Replies are invited. Sport. — Mr Joe Isaacs, High street, Dur.edin. J, M., -Ormondville. — Mars has two satellites, both/very small bodies, discovered in August 1877. Tho outer one, discovered on August 11, is 34,500 miles distant from tho centre of Mars, and revolves round the planet in • period of 30hr 14min. Tho Inner one, discovered on the 18th of tho same month, is at a distance 5800 miles, and has a period of 7hr 3Smin. Both were discovered by Professor Hall, Washington. A Ra.tepa.yer. — The law on the subject is now regulated by the 'Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," and ratepayers must vote either for or against a proposal to raise a &pecial loan for drainage or other public works. A local authority may, however, take advantage of section 14/ of *he Act, and raise a special loin by spe.c-.al order without submitting the ie alter to a vote- of ratepayers for the purpose of carrying, out any public work as to which the local authority is empowered by any Act to raise a special loan hy special order without taking the opinion of the ratepayers en the subject. A C'astout. — (1) The yo'ilh had a legal right to claim wages. On the other hand, A's mother had, and still has, a ccur.ter-claini against the youth for the cost of his board and maintenance. (2) Unless A's mother mnkes a gift of part of her pioperty to him in her lifetime, he is not entitled to any of it. (3) If A did not make a presont of the hcr&s and implements to his mothers on leaving, he can still claim them. (4) A claim for horse hire cannot ba sustained, as Iho b.-others are rea'.ly gratuitous bailees. (5) The evidence is not stiong enough to justify a charge of fraud. Edina.— The dimensions of the arches erected at 'Edinburgh on the Regal vi=it aye not given. The only infoimation available is reg?iding the one in Minto street: height 36ft, width 90ft— I. M<. I. P.ANNOCKBURN. — Vine cuttings of Black Cluster will shortly be to hand, and those desirous of obtaining some transmit stamps and make early application. — I. M. I. Interested. — Linseed is sold in the colony by weight, and not measure. Impoited from Baltic ports, the contents in casks arc charged by measure, no weight^guarruntead. The bjst Riga seed inns up to 703 a bushel, ordinary 60s to Cos.— l. M. I. Ai.phax (1) The photos you allude to v/ero i probab'.y a series supplied by Mr Don, of the ClunGso Mission, V'/alker street, Dunedin. (2) Ko, the Western Star has >iot the hoi.our of being the paper pub'shed in the mostsouthern town in tho world, but the luvcrccrgill papeis can 1.-y claim to it, Invercargill being a little further South than Riverton. (3) No. Berdan. — To satisfactorily treat the tailings fromya five-head stamp mill of tho capacity given it would require four Berdans 3ft Gin in diameter, which would take about 3 h.p. to drive. Tho process of grinding by Berdans is slow, and better lesults can be obtained bY a Wheeler and Wilson, or a Price pan It the intention it to treat the concentrates or blanket sand only, one 3ft Cm Berdan would be sufficient. Mr Jas. Shgo, Stock Exchange Uuildmgs, informs us that there is a Price's pan for sale in Dunedin at a very low pneo. The Invinciblo Company have 9 Berdans for 10 heads of stamps Q. W., Hawke's Bay.— Mr Davev replies-— A pipe of the diameter you s»ato laying at an even fall of 1 in 60 will di c c.j^ about 2063 gallons per minute. At^. i#*of 1 in 40 tho discharge will be 2407 gallons per minute. Tho 3amo sized pipe at a fall of 1 111 10 would discharge nearly 12 heads; at 1 in 20, 8 1-3 heads; at 1 in 30, 7 heads; at 1 in 100, slightly over 4 heads; at 1 in 350, 2 heads; at 1 in BSO, slightly over 1\ heads— a held of w?ter being one- tub:c foot, or, say, ts?3ut Gi gallons per second. Of course you will observe that tin* is the flow of water, not the water that would come with Jorce for dr.ving turbines and such like. A CONSTAirr Rn.vDEa.— A"o. it is a vc;y rare thing for letters to the editor to be transferred from tho Otago Daily 'limes 10 the Witness, or vice versa. SrESCi-JbER, Ealfoar.— Tiio ' >.ie cf .!• f.iicc sucyi as jou describe is, uriler the n1"n 1 "" 1 favourable circuaist.'-ioo*, 20 je.-ire. From th.-s you cji ca c l!y calculate fie depreciation in four yean. Si-eschikfp, Xcl c o -The su!e of the firm i-> i Rothc-ihira and Soi>«, Co.eiitiy Ingu ./•*- = among impoitois li_.-j been ie u't ccs 10 f»i U3 !eu-r.i!i"g the ch.iiUrn n..n- of tl.e Ik d of the fi.n ia ujncCi.'ccT. SvjjSiJ-!2i-3. A^awtourn.— To get cle&r of. t!ie

Mounted Rifles you must give three months' notice, aud complete your three years' service, deliver up all arms and Government property, f and pay any fines or charges that may be due. J. H. — The piece of metal you forwarded is probably Britannia metal, which lias been melted by passing through a fire. Possib'y it is a portion of a pewter pot.