NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 47

NOTES AND QUERIES.

■ Quettiontfor reply in earning issue to bt fedtivei \ iirt.JatM- than MONDAY yigAI." -F^ieks.— We cannot., tell" witliout a ■specimen wfiat thTe'teotffcWwitk your robes' is. - It miy^'b's ' fly,"" cUterpirßbr, oil small v birds. Syringe Several times -with strong soap*Bud«»,'duripg^ sunshine.^ A piece of "soft-soap J:he size 61 a walnut ,to' a bucket of water 'is the ' "beet for this p-urpose.-r^l. M. I. v "^ . i^CONSTiUfrj-RE-ADEB.T-^Evidentlyj.or he wourd' EQirdare to -advertise hi/possession of sucht qualifications. ' ? * % iMii,S Supphkb.— rThe answer to both your q-ueries is, Yes. " -.>-■"- Svbscbiber, - Dunback. — Yes.-.',but ~ only if- the conversion of the non-rabbitr.proof fence into a rabbit-proof fence matter of necessity. You must give your neighbour notice in the form set forth in Schedule- C of "The Fenc--iiig Act, 1895." ' .* ■ ' iKTateb. —^A Government head of water in New^ ' Zealand is -one" cubic foot or, say/-6|gal ' . per-second, and therefore,-*of course, 60 cubic feet per minute, "or "in gallons, about' 6i times the number of cubic feet. • ' *A Constant Reader. — "New Zealand" is.eyi- * 'dently,.a mistake for. ".U.S-A.. "' There is ho street in any New Zealand town numbered up t01423, pr,!anytbing approaching it. . Hebridban. — (1) The name Hebrides is a corruption of - Ptolemy's Ebudre and- Eliny's Hebudes, due to a misprint in spelling the litter.. (2) They are. making preparations v "to do .so,, but , have iiSt-yet actually begun■co far- as. ,we know. ..j. , • •..' '