NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 51

NOTES AND QUERIES.

QueUiom for reply in coming issue U be rt9e ,rtd not later than MONDAY night. D M Cave.— Mi W. H. S. Roberts, of Oamaru. writes in reply to your ques-tion:-John M'Kenzie stole about 100n sheep off Mr Rhodes' Levels s ation in March. 1855. eH dr<n-e them wesward up the valley over Burk's P«« into the planis now k,o'vn as M'Kenzie's. Mr Rhodes^ manager misbed a ceriain Vack sheep and on luu-tcnng found the fl«.ck abou 1000 i-hort. With a Maoii boy he tr^kert the Fheap, and came up&r a =maU .ei-t. in which they found a ivan a*!cvn On beins loused he seized a piece of wic'l and 'felled Mr Sidcbottom to the ground. and made good his escape HcJ^ »»«- Tvards captiirod ty Serg«art E. fecr.ger, tried for sheep stealing a* the n»xt ses-ior • of the Supreme Court, a-, A s-n<en<ed to five veers' hard labour and v.-a= l<.dprptl m livttilton Gaol On May 10. 1835 tUconvict was at work "P. tha loads vw.n other prisoners, when he e-cape«l. but w«s raptuwd at a hou«p 25 miles ficm Lvt.e.ton. H<> nlterwards frequrnt.v e-ca-^ca. and tired of such a slirwery f-ncl c.. -cii.v c customer, tbe Governor, Colonel .."ro Brown, v.as induced to grar.t biu- .1 fi'.dit.ional puroon, lhat h? left the colony aad would not return. M'Keii7ie vip.s put en board a vessel bound for Sydney Anxious, Oturehiw.— Applicants foi admission to th» i>olioe force have to undergo a sight test, hearing te=t, e'c. App hearts are examined to j-how (bat every faculty is in a norira' condiiion. ' Subscriber. Waikaia — Ibe captain of a ship being responsible in every respert it is diffi-ult to ima;.-ive ai'V ciicumiianrps under which ono cf h:* . fTuei'. w >uld be jxif t fied in bun ?«id '.nkinq; charge un'c-i, i.idpc-1 'he caj.Mn' cleve"oDovl cud^en piiniH bee anie ou=;. o/ was irad with tl'ir.k What n'l office'" ii""ht consider to bs a wrong and rla-iije-^i": cour=c mlpht be considered by the cap'ain. who sliou'd bo better informed as to Hie necesßitie? n{ the ca'-e, «b-olutelv e=s=cnt'.'l A- tbe tffker ccu'd not kn jw whs' 'he captain mteiid'-cl to cit uutc--.'-inforn'od by the cai>ta. n bo wculd not he ji's'ifled in mlerferins; He lnicht feel imi>el'ecl to indicate the danger to his superior officer P.»r?nt »j=ks if chi'uren mv be ('arrieT by train ps a t one fchool on to aroiher a* reduiccl fare or by free «a-= — No: tbev must po to the noare=t schrol cr el-p pay the ordinary fare io 50 tr> '.he other. Avxinus. Arrowtown — H) Ye Two competitions are h-e!d v«nrlv. and coupon- irTPceivcd. 267 and 26T Princes street South (2) Novelty P.szapr Depot ficorjre sheet (3) The Bi!vered »a/per in ciraret'e pstkoN o*c.. ha-s :>o YE'»;-» afte/ i. is ut<l. and it iei c not liko'y that any firm.KOii'd give 3s 6d o. pound for it. Fmr Phy. — Messrs Wilcox, Smith and Co. Cvßwi>rd street. Dunedin. Tom. — Xo barrister or solicitor is allowed to pppear '"or any nirfv in km industrial di=-r.vt-e e;*t er bc^for" the'Ccu^c 1= cf Co-ici'ia-*ion o-- tbe A^blti aiifii Ccurt. Tbev aie, howev.-i- :i'lr,-. -••\ ir cis^s v-here compciiS'*tion :s r aiv 1 .'< 1 :v idf *~ts etc E.yot-irr.o v.r,','(i 1 1., i* K-.w wh^re tbe noem« '• T}>-> I ,1 Shr t " •■••<! '"The M?n i'eir' Trorb-'i- v.• c , ,--;-,ecl C.in any rr-ader «vi. ■>''■ !li-> 1' l' l !• j'i.,n "' T. R.. Py_air. - 1 — \*-. m-'. „{ P i«»s hvin. beeß noiso-rcl I■• .t 1 11.1- ',•>-■ .;o oidp 1 . At the nr?t fx-,c.;: - ■ c r u'l n 1 I v i!o? ohemif-frv seclior o - ib r - V^-.. ul'".-(iu I '".- ( i XlO- ' partm^"it« fbe ad:ii.i'l-'' i s l iC . o ;'r - v're ir-iiT-iplo 'tntin) 'o . .■•. •< . >- •' r. d Ir. fata' rs^u't' T»vo=t."Rt r< - t,. )p<i\j cor.tnv.irl b" tbe cle"T-'';u-i,'c l e"T-'';u-i,' I> ]•' ; i, t! and P'ofe'-sir Wt'colhi -he "(••e o\,jt<^ in considering tb^ i^iy= "!• cir/'i km-.0,- ,- tutin. report thai *he ••" ••'" 1. ■> <*'■ \v~i seem« to indicsto th.* s 'o'tuxoc^" !.'.»■ l" s cstab!i«.h»cl in a sl-ghJ d'-.jjctr in h'iiiiA which inpe=t twa'! <->u.'.ii ti'.'es cf tut - -n.ci long periods. Birds can withstand very

large closes. Attempts to poison a common fowl and a pigeod with the berries and ' dried seeds of tutu failed, and the gentlemen >named doubt if birds can be poisoned by eating the berries. Veba writes: — Many years ago I was taken over some bottle works in St. Helens, Lancashire, Engl«nd.\,Before leaving we went into a room, where a young woman was putting glass marbles into the necks of finished, bottles; A:'little_gjrl rwas ty ' her side rtft>bi6g' ' wet" soap " updtf brown paper and rolling the marbles upon it, then handing 1 than> to the young- -woman. She held the bottle - with*' the * marble on top of it under a kind! of tap, pulled down a handle, and! the. marble was forced into the neck of the bottle. I was very young at the time, and asked no questions, hut have always had an idea that compressed air was used. The young woman wore a special glove on the hand which held the bottles, but never broke one, though I watched hei some time. Can any of your many readers tell me if I have remembered correctly. My friends find it difficult to believe that the marble and Sot tie were each perfect before they ever met. No doubt our corespondent's recollection is fairly correct. The process of finishing a bottle is interesting and quite as surprising. The finisher heats the bottle at the furnace, burns the ring seen at the mouth, and employs the shears to give shape to the neck. With a bottle heated there would be no trouble in forcing a msrble into the neck. Oxe Who Wishes to Knotv asks- — (1) The f.-ro from "Wellington to Brisbane, and (2) ir there is at any time any reduction. The first olats fare from Wellington to Brisbane, all the way by steamer is £10. second class, £5 4s. By steamer to Sydney and by rail overland to Brisbane the fare is £9 13s first class and £5 15s second cla3s. These are the- reduced rates, and remain the same the whole year round. ! Bai:eky Hill writes to say that "the statement that, the Ballarat or Eureka stockad© riot took place on Xovember 30, 1855. is incorrect. The Ballarat riot buisted when | tba soldiers, a detachment of the 40th Kagiinent, rushed the Eureka stockade rbont 4am on hunday the 3rd December. 1851. for I v.t.s there." Our oorresponcie.it oii'^ht to know; but. strange to say, i^co^niied woil.s cf reference differ from Inm and *iom erch other. Hadyn's Dictionary of Dates, from which the printed reply was taken, gives the date in both the 16&& ond 1903 editions as Xovember 30, 1835. An earlier edition gives Ihc cam« dale, but the year ll 11l 1 - siated as 1554. Th» Australian Handbne'-t. published in Aust'aha. ha c . been published and revised and republish°d on many occasions The date ■znen m that publication is October 13. 3854. How such a mistake — and if our cotrespondent is coirert a mistake it must be — has been allowed to pass year after year m pn Au<=ha ! ian publication is singular, to fay the least of it. Kvmxi writer: — At a distance of, say, 6ft from the observer what size must a cliec be to be equal to the moon's anuarent size r,^ we see- her at th<> fvll' Tbe apparent sir? of the moon's disc varies according to the chstaVice of earth and moor.. A disc oT .GTin diameter /about U-16th inch) at a cl.stance 01 6ft from the eye would repref>i{ Ihc moon's apparent size.