NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 35

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QMstions for repiy In coming loan* ts M l» Mlt«4 aot later than SATURDAY, night. QttMtioas will NOT b* Mplkd to throuffi Ik* post Dependent writes: —"Please advise me —(1) The address of the Financial Assistance Board, and the proper procedure to adopt . in applying to them. (2) Also, if a mother totally dependent on her son is allowed Is a day separation allowance, and the proper / authorities to apply to for it?" (IV You address a communication to the Secretary, Financial Assistance Board, Wellington, and you will be supplied with a form to he filled up. (2) The separation allowance was increased as from January 1 to 10s per week. If application is made to any district Defence Office a form to he filled up by the applicant will bo, supplied. Muriex,.—(l) Cauliflower Pickle: For this you require firm, white cauliflowers and ■vinegar to cover them, and to each.quart of vinegar allow one teaspoonful peppercorns, one teaspoonful allspice, and six cloves. Break the cauliflowers into email sprays, place them . in a dish, sprinkle liberally with salt, and let them remain 'for six hours. Tie the seasoning ingredients in muslin, boil in the vinegar for an hour, take out,Xand let the vinegar get quite cold. Drain the cauliflowers well from the salt, place in wide-necked bottles, and pour, the prepared vinegar over them. Cover closely, and in a month they will he ready for use. If preferred, the cauliflower sprays may be boiled for five minutes in . highly-salted water instead of salting as above. Let them cool before putting in the jars. (2) Pickled Onions. Required: Pickling onions, vinegar, and for each quart of vinegar two teaspoonfuls of black pepper and two teaspoonfuls of allspice. The onions should be quite dry and ripe, and after the thin outside ekin is removed they should be peeled with a silver knife. Have ready some very dry bottles or jars, and as fast as the onions are peeled put them in. Pour over sufficient cold vinegar to cover them, putting some of the pepper and allspice in-' each jar. "Cover well, and in a fortnight they will be ready for use. (3) Chow Chow Pickle: For this you can use almost any kind of vegetable, particularly onions, cauliflower, tomatoes (green), French beans, and cucumbers. Prepare and cut up the vegetables, make a brine» of a cupful of salt to one gallon of water, pour it boiling over the vegetables, and let them stand for 24 hours, then strain. For the sauce you require two quarts vinegar, two large tablespoonfuls mustard, two large tablespoonfuls flour, 8d worth tumeric powder, one cup sugar, one dozen chillies, loz whole pepper, a few cloves. Boil the chillies, cloves, pepper, and sugar in two cups of the vinegar for a few minutes, strain, and add to the rest of the vinegar; and mix the mustard, flour, and tumeric to a smooth paste with a little vinegar; add that also to the rest. Boil all together till the mixture thickens and is smooth, stirring all the time; add vegetables, boil for a minute or two, and put into jars.——(4) Apple jam is made like any other jam, with Jib sugar to lib of fruit, peeled, cored, and cut up. Put the fruit as you cut it into a basin of water, and add a little of the water to the fruit and sugar; ajso the rind and juice of one or two lemons. Boil till the apples are soft. (5) Apple ginger can be made in the same way. with the addition of loz of preserved ginger to very lib of fruit; or you can make a syrup of one pint of water to every 6lb of sugar, boiled for 15 minutes; then add the apples and ginger, and boil gently till the fruit is clear. ■ (6) Military pickle is the name of a proprietary brand of-pickles, for which the recipe cannot be given. Farm Hand. —If in fair condition your Cape of Good Hope triangular stamps should be worth ss. The la variety is the most valuable. Agnes.—The state of your health afiect3 the hair considerably, and as you get stronger its condition should improve. In the meantime, as you say that tonics seem to have no effect, you should try massaging the scalp. Get the fingers of both hands well under the hair just above the ears, and work them upwards, moving the scalp backwards and forwards over the bones of the head. Work .in the- same way from behind the ears and the back of the neck, until the whole head has been gone over thoroughly. Do this both morning and

night. A little vaseline ehould be used) on the finger-tips occasionally. If you continue with this and also brush well, but not too vigorously, night and morning, you should notice a difference. If you wish to use a tonic you might try an egg beaten up, and with 2oz of water added, rubbing in the mixture. This should be used only now and then. The following is a darkening lotion for hair that is going grey: Acetate of lead, 14dr: milk of sulphur, BAr; glycerine, ldr; heliotrope or other perfume, 2dr; rose water, lOoz. Ahxiotjs asks:—"What is the Government allowance for wives married since the war. One lady informs me she is drawing £lO per month? Has the allowance been increased of late?" By the amended regulations which came into operation on January 1 of this year the separation allowance to the wives of members of the Expeditionary Forces was increased to 8s per diem and children's allowance Is per diem for each child. Remedy fob Whoopikg Cough.—-A correspondent supplies the following cure: "Break a fresh egg into half » crap of vinegar; lei it stand for two days, then fill up the oup with; honey; beat slightly. Give a tea-spoonful frequently." Amatetjb.—To put a highly-glazed surface on a photo, polish a piece of Ordinary glass to a state of. "thorough oleanness," wet the print and glass, and bring the surfaces together in thorough contact by gentle rolling with a.rubber roller (equegee). The prints will strip off glazed and with little heed of assistance when. bone dry if tho plate has been ■thoroughly hardened? in alum of formalin solution previous to operations. The glass must be clean to ensure success. Glazed photos should be. edige-mounted

only. Wobbied writes, in regard to a 10 months' old heifer, which has had a slight cough for a few weeks. The animal is in good order, and no signs of scouring. The eye seems affected. It does not seem a very had case, and the variable weather, together with, perhaps, some thread-worms in the windpipe, may account for the trouble. Change its pasturing run, and give one tablespoonful of turpentine in a pint of milk daily for four, consecutive days. Provide some hay and salt lick. Puzzled, Wedderburn.—Mr H. M. Davey replies:—"Kb; you cannot get the power you say you need 1 , with the water in the. rition and with the little fall you have, no doubt Beems a lot of water to you, and looks as if a lot of power could be had from it, but the .fall of only 4ft is far too little for the power you want. Of course, work can be had' with water that only a 4ft fall can be had from, but_ then a very large quantity per minute is required; and, although you might be able to get the power you need for nearly, or Bay quite, an hour, you would) need many hours' rest for the water to accumulate for ancther hour's work. You see, it would not m worth while; at least, I do not think so. If, however, you can see your way to get, say, seven or perhaps 10 times the fall you have, then you could have all the power you need. Not knowing or seeing the stream, I do not know if or not this would be possible; but if so, write again. In most cases whre power is needed it oomes to, this: that with a little water and big fall something can be done, or with plenty of water and a little fall work can also be done, though generally at more expense; but with a"little water and a little fall-—"wall! but very little is to be done."