NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3443, 9 March 1920, Page 39

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Question* tor reply in coming Usaa to *• •» a»lr«d not Ut*r than SATOBDAY nijbt. will NOT b« wplW to thxowgfc Ik* posi. I«Ondon. —The registrar of pensions in Dunedin suggests you should see the registrar in your torn and discuss the matter with him. The position ie this: The amount of property permitted in the form of money in the hank is £SO. The exemption on property in the form of a house is £340. It might, therefore, suit you to invest your sum in a, house property; but the registrar would lay the matter clearly before you. Spobt, Mossburn. —Adamant, £BS 16s and £126 17s on a £2 ticket. Anxious asks (1) how to preserve eels, and (2) how long would they keep. The only way to preserve eels is to salt and smoke them. Strip the fish and wash well, and put in a pickle. The pickle should be of mich strength that an egg or potato will float on the surface. * The duration of time the fish remains in the piokle is regulated by the length of time you wish to keep it. For immediate use an hour or so would be sufficient. . The fish is then hung up until it is about three parts dry, when it W ready to be put into the smokehouse. Two barrels— one sunk into the ground, the other placed on top with holes in the top to let the smoke out—make an efficient ■amateur smokehouse. The bottom barrel requires an opening t of course, to serve as a door. In ihineain it is customary to smoke with shavings and sawdust, but wood is used in the north, and serves the purpose equally well. To keep smoked fish they must be left longer in the pickle, and be quite ,jdry before smoking. After smoking, when quite cold, they may be packed in a box. (2) They have been sent out from the Home Country to here done in the above method. Constant Readeb asks for information concerning the steps to be taken' for admission to St. Helens Hospital as a probationer. Make application to the matron, "who will give all information, and interviews prospective applicants. A successful applicant does not receive any salary. There is no entry fee, but nurses pay for their training. The fee is £2O, and supply own uniform, books, etc. Spobt.—lf more than one player holds a flush, the hand containing the highest card wins. The aoe is the highest card, then the king, and so on downwards. Fabmeb, Otago Central, wishes to know the {Distance _a pigsty should be away from the public road. UnJes3 governed by a by-law passed by the local body, if nuisance is not created there is practically no restraint under the Public Health Acts, although distance from a dairy must be at least 50 yards. Inquire from your county clerk if any local hy-law is in force or not. Engine, Palmerston.—Mr H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, Princes street, replies: "When you merely &ay you have an eight horse engine, and say you want, to know if an eight-horse motor water wheel would give you similar power, the question cannot be answered. It will be required to know whether the said engine, presumably a steam portable one, is of British or other make, especially ]f it is an American one, and if so, then whether it was made for American use or under British calculation of power. Also the number of cylinders, the stroke of same, and the pressure on the steam gauge that will give you all the power you need. If you ask why, it is this: If the engine was for use in America the chances are that you may get somewhere about 7 h.p., but if under British calculation of power you may get fully your 8 h.p. Then, if it is of British make and in good order and condition you'may be able to get anything up to, say, 20 or even more actual horse-power; so you will see why the above questions must be replied to before an answer worth having can be given. In many cases these great differences in power are actual fact 3, but the steam the boiler stands, v/ith particulars of the engine, are needed to check the actual power. Then, coming to the water motor, the quantity of available-water and the greatest fall would be needed to find the class of motor that is most suitable for you."