READERS’ QUERIES

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21191, 14 August 1940, Page 9

READERS’ QUERIES

“T.P.A.” —Mr Montagu Norman Is 70 years or age. Ilf became governor or the Hank <*r F-nglaml in 1020, and \va< apjwdiited a member or the Privy Council three years later. ••Benito.” —Julius Caesar was born In 102 B J'.. He was proclaimed Dictator or Home Tor lire 07 years later and was assassinated the following year. “Suffrage.”— Duma was the name given to the Russian National Parliament inaugurated on popular lines in 1900 and reeonstructed the rnllowing year. It was abolished by the Bolshevists when they assumed control. “Honours.” —The Order or the Rath was established by King Henry IV in i:tvu and is the second in rank or English knlglttlv ord<r*. the barter (established In lily by Edward 111. having preference. At first it wa< a military order onlv. but since is 17 it has had* a civil division also The badge is a erim»os ribbon and star, and the motto Is: • One.” the order being divided into three “Student.” —Among earlier versions o. the Hlble there were .-everal instances of curious misprint*. one version is known as the ••Vinegar” Rible. the word ••vineyard” being so rendered. Another is known a* the “Treacle” Bible. It was printed in 1572 by Richard jugge and the name 1*- due to the iacr that Jeremiah VIII. 2* (“Is there no balin in Gilead Is there no physician there?”), is printer!: “Is there not tryarle at Gilead? Is there no phlsition there?” Two notable errors were perpetrated fn versions published is i«ei and 1053. In each case the word ••not” was omitted —in the first in Exodus xx. li. and In the second in ! Corinthian* vii, •.*. the i,ttr r verse bcl itr rendered. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom Of 00(1?"