QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Where is Latwija This is only another spelling of Latvia, the northern republic of Europe. What is Macafoni made from?—lt is made from a hard wheat rich in gluten and freed from the husks before grinding into flour. Is Rhubarb a Fruit or a Vegetable?— Neither. It is the stalk of a plant of the genus Rheum, cooked and eaten with sugar in place of a fruit. What is an Amoeba?—One of the simplest known animals, consisting of a nucleus and a mass of protoplasm. It has no mouth, but feeds by enveloping minute organisms, and multiplies by dividing itself. How is Rainfall Measured?—*-By means of a rain gauge, of which there are many forms. A common pattern has a copper funnel with an upper diameter of five inches, dipping at its lower end into a glass vessel. This collects the water, which is measured by a measuring glass. Is the Cape to Cairo Railway Completed?—No. It runs from Cape Town to Ayrshire in Southern Rhodesia, and many other sections exist in the various other British African possessions, but a number of links arc still needed to make one continuous line from North to South.