NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 51

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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A Sheaheb.— A matted fleece is chiefly caused by excessive heat forcing the yoke into the eiaple, and then' a sudden change into cold weather congealing the excessive yoke into a land of glue, which causes the staples to adhere to each other, and so. forming a matted fleece. Saasarr.— Diverting, but too personal, and calculated to give unnecessary offence. Fisherman.— The regulations published Tn the New Zealand Gazette of October 24, 1907. give a .clear explanation of the manner in which the mesh of a net is measured. It is in th© following terms: — "The size of the mesh shall be ascertained 1 by measuring the length between knot and knot of opposite corners with the me6h closed, the net being first prepared for use. In case of dispute or doubt a half-pound weight shall be slung or attached to one knot of the mesh in order to produce a fair strain or extension, and the space between th© top and bottom knot shall be"" measured forthwith, while the mesh remains extended. If the net to be measured is dry. the part to be measured shall be soaked either in. fresh or salt water for not less than 10 minutes, and the mesh so soaked shall then be measured. Thibsttl— You can secure recipes for lemon whey,- lemon wine, lemonade, lemonade milk,- lemon brandy, lemon cordial, lemon ■vice, lemon posset, lemon water ice, lemon shrub, etc., but we have no xecipe foi making lemon beer. Possibly * tome of our readers may be able to supply you. JK. H., Colac— Ye». The artesian water rises xo the surface at Christchurch without any other force than the pressure of the water itself. A , OamarujT-Butler was convicted of burglary and larcedy on April 22, 1880. One week after the conclusion of his trial on a, charge of murder. He was sentenced to 18 tad 10 years respectively, tke sentences

running concurrently. He was liberates in August, 1893. Minbb. — H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, replies: — Yes; you can get it started by filling it up as you show >n your sketch; that has been done before. You would either need a permanent or temporary foot valve, though I think you might- even do without it if your inlet were sufficiently large, though this is doubtful. (2) This question is not understood. You apparently have left out something you had intended to say, so the replies are: that if you desire to lift six heads to the height of the three you were lifting, you would take at least double or more power to do so, and you could only then do it if the whole were adapted for the double quantity. If, on the other hand, R9 seems possible, you only desire to lift the six heads half the height of the three, then you certainly could do so with perhaps less power, only, as before, your pump and pipes must be of sufficient capacity .to ake the larger quantity without undue friction. You would need a 15 to 16 inch pipe for that quantity if you do not want to apply more power in ' forcing the water through pipes too small to take it properly. (If I have not got your meaning, ask again.) (3) The height you name is generally considered far too much fqr any of iheee class of pumps to efficiently deal with unless they are those made for especially high lifts.; but they can lift up to 600 ft or more, if made for high lifts. Ordinary ones do not lift much over 30, or, perhaps 35 feet, U3ually. (4) Pumps are made here to any design and for any purpose required for ordinary lifts, and probably for high lifts as well, though I am not quite sure about the latter. Inquirie* can be made if you state all particulars. I have not any especial data of the makes you mention. A 12in pump can be made to lift the quantity you name, but a larger one would do it more easily, seeing that there -would be less friction in the pipes, etc. It would travel probably between 500 and 600 revolutions per minute. T 1 " 15 - — (!) The following were the winners of the walking races at the Caledonian Society's sports on January 1 and 2, 1907-Half-mile, A. R. Buchan (110 yds); time, 2min 67 l-ssec. Mile, A. R. Buchan (190 yds); time, 6min 41sec. Youths' Walking Race, one mile, H. Bruton (150 yds); time 6min 41sec. One mile, W. Craik (scratch); lime,, Bmin 11 sec. One mile «nd a-half, W. Craik (scratch); time, llmid 42 3-ssec. (2) A very safe and cheap remedy for lice on pigs is to pour buttermilk along the hog's back. This should be repeated every three or four days until the animal is thoroughly cured. AH posts and fences where pigs have been in the habit of scratching themselves should be whitewashed with lime and the stye overhauled i and cleaned. Your other questions will be replied to next week among the Veterinary Queries and Replies. J. H., Barewood. — H. M. Davey replies: — The question as asked could not have any possible answer, seeing that the lode apparently has no depth. However, by assuming that all lodes have the same depth, the question can be answered relatively, but a slight variation in depth, remember, would give greatly different and varying results. (1) The average is 145 grains per foot w.ide, value £1 2s 3d. (2) Wages, £1725 5s Hid; pumping, £1940 19s 2d and 5/32; material, £485 4s 7d and 125/128. Ikquireb. — The following are the dates of the establishment of the leading London newspapers:—Public Ledger, 1759; Morning Post (the oldest political newspaper existing in London), 1772; Times (first appeared in 1785 as 'the Daily Universal Register), 1788; Morning Advertiser, 1794; Globe. 1803; Standard (established as a morning paper in 1857), 1827; Daily News, 1846; Daily Telegraph. 1855; Pall Mall Gazette. 1865. Otakot/ Fossickeb writes asking for information as to where a place called Te Umukuri is situated. No place of the name given is to be found on the maps in our possession. Perhaps some reader may be able to give the information asked for. W., Taihapi. — H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, Princes street, replies: — In this case I consulted with Mr Robert M'Lintock, who ia a marine engineer of wide experience. Your -trouble re priming may be caused either by defective circulation or ty there being too small a steam space, or by working beyond the power the engine was intended to develop, and it may be a combination of these cauws. (IV Y«s. A pipe having narrow slots, the collective area of which is from one and a-half to two times tbe area of the steam pipe, should undoubtedly tend to remedy the evil. (2) It seems most probable that the priming brings up the gritty matter that bothers you, and if it is overcame it is more than likely that this will cease. You might write saying what you have done, and how you get on. N. H. 8., MyitJcyina, Burmah.— H. M. Davey consulting ■ engineer, 91a Princes street, replies: — Though I have often been conI nee ted with plants such as you ask about, having designed and erected several, I may say that personally I have never seen an upright uptake. They usually lie on a bank, and more or less to the slope of that bank, and so, roughly, vary from, say, 20 degrees to 45 degrees from the perpendicular, 30 degrees being a very usual angle or. say, 60 degrees from the horizontal. Photographs will be sent as asked for. I have a book sent me from America of the Feather river sluicing works, which were then (and may be still) managed by a man from New Zealand. In that book, with dozens of elevators actually working, the only upright ones ere some lower parts propped up for being taken, all in use are at various angles, to about 45 degrees. To confirm my op' -ion, I consulted MrM'Lean, the manager of Messrs Cossener and Black, who make most of such plant here. A of the Kildare Hill p^nt shows 'one elevator nearly upright and two on a big slope. While there, I fortunately met probably our most expert sluicing manager, who has for many years been managing extensive claims. He- said he had seen : one elevator — a little one — upright; but j practically all were at a pretty big slope, and anyway any possible angle could be i worked. He was going to place one at a I very flat angle verj soon. He also said that an upright one needed staying all i round, while if at an angle it was easier i fixed. I know the above to be correct, and! | think that the enswer is conclusive, with the photographs, which the editor is sending you. Wager, Woodend.— Hector Burk ran a mile in a yard outside 4imn 23sec against G. A. Wheatley, of Victoria, in the Australasian Championships at Sydney in 1905. Wheatley won in 4min 23sec. Opotiki.— ifr H. M. Davey, consulting engineer replies: — I am under the imprsssion that there are' not many windmills on the Taieri Plain, but I will take this opportunity to a»k any readers if I am v ight or wrong in this matter? I would be obliged if any correspondent, would write and let me know if windmills are used on the Taieri, what size they are, and if they are satisfactory? I believe, however, thirt

they lo use plain wheels, somewhat like undershot water wheels, and use them in flood time, driving them by portable engines. I understand them to be very effective for thia purpose, seeing thej only have a few feet to lift the water. Inqttieeb. — Mr H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, writes: — I find from Mr R. Hay, C.E., that you must get all information from the Government chief surveyor in Wellington, He will no doubt furnish you with all the particulars you need.