NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3596, 13 February 1923, Page 39

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions ter reply in coming issue to be IV salved not later than SATURDAY night. Questions will NOT be replied to through •be post. “Anxiously Waiting Reply.”—There is no reciprocity between Australia and New Zealand in the matter of pensions. Your wisest plan is to call and see the registrar and explain the circumstances to him. The pension could not be drawn for you in Dunedin and forwarded to another country. “Farmer” writes: Shearers demand £1 19s per 100, which I consider too much, as I understand the stations paid £1 4s per 100. The shearers put in the plea that the sheep were too daggy and therefore demand £1 10s. (1) Can they compel me to pay this sum? (2) What price per 100 is set down in the shearers’ award. (1) The matter is one calling for reasonable arrangement, daggy and clean woolly sheep being two different things entirely. There is no provision under the Act in regard to “daggy” sheep. (2) 24s per 100, with Tations; or, if find themselves, 5s extra. “Iron Concrete” wishes to know what paint to use on iron forms to prevent rust and keep the concrete from sticking to the iron plates, etc. Paint with oxide of iron paint, then give a thin coat of best Copal varnish on top of paint. Allow to dry thoroughly after each dressing. “Old Reader” (Becks). —Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns met in Sydney. Burns is a Canadian by birth. He remained several mouths in Australia. “Querist” (Lake Te Anau) asks (1) the name of the deepest lake in New Zealand, (2) whether it is a fact that Ijake Wakatipu has never been bottomed, (3) what is the acreage of Icake Te Acau, (4) would Collin’s Royal Diary, 1914, ba an authority on depths of lakes in New Zealand ? The Government sounding of Lake Wakatipu is given as 1242 feet, but records listed unofficially name Lake Manapouri as having a depth of 1458 ft. (2) It is credible that portions of this Jake have not been Bounded. (3) Area of 132 square miles. (4) We have no knowledge as to whether the compiler of the dictionary named had the opportunity to inspect the Otago Witness files. “Returned Soldier” (Waipahi) requires a method for making poisoned oats with strychnine. The following method is recommended by the Department of Agriculture: Boil 15lb of oats (Garton’s preferred) with 2lb of molasses or treacle and sufficient water until the oats are soft, draining off surplus liquid. The oats are then ready to lay for feeding purposes. Run light plough-furrows about two chains apart on the land where rabbits feed principally at night, and lay baits of a dessertspoonful every four yards apart in the furrows. In country too rough for the plough, lay the baits in scrapes or spade chips. Continue this for three nights, and if the rabbits are then eating the sweetened oats well, proceed with the poison as follows Weigh out 24ib of boiled oats treated as before mentioned; pour into a wide bath or tub; grind loz of strychnine into fine powder, and sprinkle a teaspoonful at a time over the oats, stirring well after each sprinkling until the strychnine is *ll mixed; after which add 2lb of sugar to give a sweet coating, as the rabbits having been fed on sweetened oats it is advisable to cover the taste of the strychnine. Allow the oats to stand for two hours before laying. In laying the poisoned oats one teaspoon is sufficient every four or five yards. The same furrows as were used for feeding puri oses wiil do for the poison. Special care should be taken that all utensils used in the preparation of the poison are perfectly cleaned. The strychnine should be ground as fine as possible, no grittiness to be observable.

“Cavershamite” asks for a recipe for making the adhesive substance used on fly papers. The following are four of the simplest fly papers you can make. (a) Add two fluid drams linseed oil to lib resin, melting by heat. While warm spread on foolscap paper. (b) Boil together till thick lib resin, Jib treacle, fib linseed oil, and spread as before, (c) Oil sheets of paper and coat with turpentine varnish, (d) Mix a little black pepper with golden syrup and spread with a broad brush on blotting paper. This may be kept dry till required and then bi spread on a plate and moistened with water.

LAW QUERIES.

{Answered by a solicitor of the Supreme Co« 9 «f New Zealand. Letters end Telegrams mast b# addressed to “LEX,” c/o Editor, Otago Witaee% Dunedin.] “Councillor” a. 1 1:3: Can a person who has been convicted and! served a term of imprisonment legally bold a seat on a borough council? Answer: Yes. “Zubrick.” —Subject to the confirmation of a Maori Land Board or Native Land Court, a Native may alienate or dispose of any land or any interest therein in the same manner as a European, and Native land or any interest therein may tie alienated or disposed of in the same manner as if it was European land. “A Forty-eight Years’ Reader.” —If the man has been acquitted he can take action against the authorities for illegal arrest. “Perplexed.”—(l) It would not be necessary to obtain a separation order before applying for the pension. (2) The application for a separation order would require to be made in the Magistrate’s Court. (3) The applicant should apply at the local police court and fill in the necessary papers. “Reader."—All the papers are filed in the Magistrate’s Court in which the proceedings have been taken. The Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages has also a record of the proceedings. “Rates.”—(l) the circumstances mentioned in your letter, the validity of the rates could not be questioned. (2) The county council can sue for the rates notwithstanding the irregularity in the balance sheet. (3) The rating is on the capital value of the property as appearing by the valuation roll made under the "Valuation of Land Act, 1908.” “X. Y.” (Browns).—-(1) If the facts are as stated by you, the sale cannot be upset. (2) You have a valid claim for half the estate. Under the circumstances you should instruct your solicitor to look after your interests in the matter.