NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2699, 6 December 1905, Page 47

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coining istue t* be received n*t later than MONDAY night.

A Pig's Poweb op Endukance.^-"J. A." sends the following interesting note on this sub ject : —I - noticed an article in the Witmess, by your Wanaka. 'correspondent, on pig's power of endurance. At 8 o'clock in the morning, five years ago, I was on the look-out at the flagstaff at Nelson Lighthouse. A little girl drew my attention tosomething swimming in , the sej,_ Ihree-' quarters of a mile on the outside <pi ths Boulder Bank, close to the . steamers' ancnorage. On looking through the telescope I could see it was a black pig. Ther.e was a big swell on 'at the time. j The pig ■would- swim- laboutj . 100. yards, one waj^ aaid then would turn round" arid vjJswim~ Bacir again. Sometimes/ 1 lost .sight^of it in the swell, but" it never got. very 'far from the , place where I first saw -it: JAfter * watching it for over an hour I telephoned over to the Port to some fi'sHermeri T'knewV " TKey came ■ out in a boat, ' an<3 -when they got close to the pig it got very , lively,- and _they had a hard job' to 'catch, it. It^was three hours from' the - time .when , I first saw* it till it •was- caught. , It- f turned,,-out -that a cutter was coming' in from , one- of. the - bays with a load of ,pigs, arid Jhis one jumped over-board-at 1 o'clock dn, the'morning, and so the pig . had been 10 hours in the water. It -was about three-parts grownl I had often heard that • a .pig would cut' its throat with' it 3 • feet while swimming. However, I could not see any marks about this on«. It xeally seems incredible that^a pig could be so long in the water, and it did not really look bad after, it all. I would not have ■believed this unless I had seen it myself. Owaka. — Captain Jarvey, for the murder of his wife at Timaru, was the first man tanged in Otago— October 25, 1865. Jones was executed for the Waipori murder on April 7, 1866. Stockman. — You will find the subject of dehorning fully dealt 'with in our Hawke's Bay correspondent's letter on page's 7 and 8 of this issue. Bangitata.— We have been unable to find the paragraph recommending Condy's fluid as a. substitute, for Bordeaux mixture for spraying potatoes in small quantities, as we have no idea of the exact date on which it appeared. It is not likely to hurt the potatoes even -if applied as » good, strong solution, but you could easily experiment on a small patch, before spraying the whole plot. Any chemist would supply a small quantity of Bordeaux mixture. Possibly our Garden contributor may have something to say on the subject in next issue. Subscriber B. — Make your claim under "The Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1909," and its amendments. The statute_ passed last session forms part of the principal act. Query.— No. You may claim damages and an injunction. fIBBSCMBKR— The committee may be liable at r«ommon law to any amount if the accident was occasioned' by an act of negligence on thejlrt of the committee. JT. D.— (1)" According to the highest authority {"Dicey's Conflict of Laws," p. 181), an alien to whom a certificate of naturalisation is granted is entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and is 1 subject to all obligations to, .which. *

natural-born British subject is entitled or ' subject to in New Zealand, with this qualification : that he is not, when within the ' limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalisation, to be deemed a British subject unless he has ceased to be | a. subject of that State in piirsuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to | that effect. (2) A British subject by natu- j ralisation may vote, provided he has resided ' for one year in the colony and in the electoral district for which he claims to vote during the three months immediately preceding his registration on the roll of the district. (3) It is not possible for one man to be a subject of all countries at one time. Colonial. — (1) It is permissible andl lawful for a woman to marry her deceased husband's brother. (2) A nephew may also marry his deceased uncle's widow. Inquirer. — (1) No. (2) Both the owner of the • dog and the person in whose care it may temporarily be. Water Race. — (1) It is not compulsory, but it is extremely advisable, to apply for a water race license. (2) Yes>. (3) No; but the warden might grant the license to an applicant other thair the owner of the race if the latter is not first in the field. Badish.— On the facts stated/ the postmaster is liable, under section 106 of "The Post Office Act, 1900," to a penalty not exceeding .£IOO. A. H.— At Nees and Sons', St. Andrew street. Probationer.— Miss Sutherland's Chalet Private Hospital, High street ; Miss Tombe's , Private Hospital, St. David s*Feet; Miss Thomson's Private Hospital, Staffordi street. Lilac— See D.L.F. Page s . . Turk. — Your first 'step should be to interview some;, shipowner who is in the habit of

c?i>ital invested was .£3.30, which is less than the average rate (€3 lis lid) of inteiest paid en the public debt. (4) The total amount of interest paid on the public debt — <« excluding the indebtedness of local bodies and private individuals — for the past financial year was .£2,244,296 (5) The total income from all souices of th. Consolidated Fund, which embraces the revenue from uhe oidinary serivces of the colony, and excludes the land for settlements, advances to settleis, and other accounts, fov the past financial year was £7,347,197. Out of this the cost of government is defrayed and interest is met upon loans iaised for other than special purposes (such as the purchase of estates - for settlements, advances to settlers, loans to local bodies, etc.), and the surplus is the balance available after these charges have been met. (6) What do you mean by "running the country on its own resources?" Borrowed money is required for public works. The ordinary administration charges are defrayed out ol current revenue and a surpluses left after ihas© changes are provided , for. (7) No. J. H. T. — Locomotives on +he New Zealand railways are fitted with the Westmghouse brakp, and a hand bra-ko as well. The " emergency brake" referred to in the Kensingtpn case is the Westinghouse brake, which may be applied in the ordinary way or with , the greater force required m an emergency. One application of the brake" is known a 9 the " ordinary service " and another as the " emergency." The difference is merely one of the manner m which the handle controlling the air is worked. The hand brake would be used if anything happened to the air brake. SrBSCRiBER. — Jewellery made in New Zearland cannot be h-all-marked without being sent to London. Makers of jewelleiy in New Zealand usually sitamp on the article their