NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions 'or reply in coming issue to be received not later than SATURDAY night. Questions will' NOT be replied to through the- post. Billy.—lt is purely a question for the Medical Board to decide whether the- ailment or disease is sufficient to debar a man from active service. The particular disease you mention in a mild form would not cause the Medical Board to turn down a recruit, but in a malignant form he would be liable to rejection. Farmer. —(1) In the event of your name being drawn in the ballot you would be advised by telegram, followed by a letter, enclosing an appeal form, furnishing you with all particulars as to medical examination, and where to address your appeal* (2) Yon would be examined by the Medical Board sitting in your own or the nearest district, the time of such sitting being duly notified. (3) The matter of employing a solicitor to conduct your case in appeal is a matter of arrangement. Anxious. —You have omitted to state the name of the soldier for whose address yon are inquiring. Without it we are powerless to help you. If you will furnish his full name we will be able to give you his address. Puzzled. —To tell a first-class Manila rope you would have to be something of an expert. The rope would have to be taken to pieces, and you would require to know the difference between Manila hemp and flax fibres. The blue strand does not indicate that the rope is Manila, but is probably the maker's mark, as various makers have different marks to distinguish their goods. (2) In playing five hundred,if one player goes 10 in clubs, can another player go 10 in hearts? Yes. (3) To put black lines on a cement block use house paint with vegetable black and boiled oil, well mixed together; for the brown lines for the same purpose use burnt umber and boiled oil. These ingredients can be obtained from the nearest oil and colour merchant. Governess. —The salary of a governess in the country is generally a matter of arrangement, bu! there is a standard salary of £C>5 to £7O pet annum. Constant Rkatikk.—Sir Joseph Ward v.-a a born in Victoria, Australia. Constant Header iN'o. a.— It i s quite- probable that the trouble is caused by exce-a »iv« brush pressure or faulty brushes,

The brushes should rub lightly on the commutator, with a pressure of only u few ounces. If this is more, the friction would be sufficient to cause overheating. It is also possible that there may be a short circuit caused by the solder. Look carefully at all soldered parts to see whether there is any making connection •where it should not do so. In all probability, however, you will find the trouble due to the brushes. Subscriber—A bounty of 3s for old birds and Is for young birds is paid by the Otago Acclimatisation Society for shags, which must be shot three miles from the coast. Send the beaks only to the secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, Dunedin. G. E. S., Papanui.—The Bluespur Consolidated Gold Mining Company went into liquidation some years ago, and Mr W. Howard Jackson, C.E., the manager, was appointed liquidator. The claim, waterraces, etc., were sold by auction by the liquidator to a private party. Mr Howard Jackson went to Canada, where he died some months ago. As the head office was in London," we do not know if there was any surplus to divide among shareholders; in all probability the property did not realise sufficient to pay all liabilities in full. Probably some of the directors are still alive in London, and if your relative applied to any of them no doubt information would he forthcoming. New Chum, Brydone asks:—"(l) How much whey should a supplier receive from a cheese factory if he sends, say, 10 gallons of milk? (2) Has a cow milking the first year as good a milking butter-fat test as you might expect her to have after having two or three calves?" "Agricola" replies:—"(l) About 75 per cent.—say, then, 7J gallons. (2) The fat content at, say, the third calving would be in moot cases greater for the year than at the first calving'. A cow in good health continues to improve in milk-yielding capacity up to at least seven years old. The milk of a young cow is richer in fat than an aged animal."