ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Calosthcnic would like to ' know the recipe for making throwdowns. (b) The cost to'make'about 100 or them.—l have previously advised a reader not to attempt making llreworks; as It is dangerous to tue amateur who does not know the : necessary' precautions to take against accidents. —I pass on this advice to you also. In any case It is doubtful K your efforts would be attended with success. Ranglnui wants to know: (a) How to make a home-made lighting plant, (lj) The meaning: or volt and kilowatt. —(a) By a lighting plant I take It you- mean a plant suitable to supply a rairly heavy current roi- hou3e lighting , , etc. In this case It would be necessary to consult with a firm or electrical engineers, who could .supply the necessary dynamos. Tho plant, or course, would cost a considerable sum and they would advise you how to have It Installed. (b) A volt is the unit or measuring pressure or electro-motive rorce. and Is the electrical pressuro which, ir.steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one. atom, will'produce a current or one ampere;* A kilowatt hour Is the Board of Trade.unit , and is the equivalent, dr 1000 watts acting Tor one hour. ' • • . ■ . -.-..' Silk Worms wants to know where to obtain them and thr> cost; do they -thrive on -anything- besides mulberry.—Silk worms are not sold by dealers, but If yoii make inquiries among your school chums one of them Is sure to be able to supply you with silk worms. ' Mulberry Is We best rood, railing that violet leaves and lettuce can be given them. Don't vary the diet, .give plenty or rresh leaves. . Quizzie aslts: (a) How-long doe 3 It take a passenger boat, to go rrom Auckland to Svdney. (b) How many miles is It from Cape Maria van Dlemen to Foveaux Strait? (a) Approximately Tour days, (b) New Zealand Is almost 1200 miles long. William Inquires: (a) How many baU bearings are there in a boy's cycle? (b) what ii the best known herb cure for boas? —(a) This would really depend on the cycle ltseir. If It wa3 an ordinary B.S.A. or B.S.A. pattern 20 quarter balls would he required, (b) For tnls v you must consult a medical man. Suen a question cannot be answered Here, " Honey asfcss Who was tfie first man lo Invent Oalmler. jcais.— Daimle? Invented JhlS taotop caiK-;-. ■:■;..- l

afrM"'""" , . * 'Inquirer wants tor know: (a) if aeroplane rubber can Ijo bought in Auckland and where?—llubbcr suitable for turning the air screw of a model aeroplane can be obtained from some or the sporting: g-oods shops at Cα per yard. lolanthe would like to know: (a) The number of seats there are In the Town Hall Concert Chamber. —(a) The seating , accommodation or the concert, chamber or tUe Town Hall-is 532. Your second query is entirely unsuitable Tor publication in these columns'. Rio Rita inquires: (a) Juliette Compton's address. (b) The height or Greta Garbo. (a) Screen artists' addresses are no longer given through these columns, (b) Greta Garbo's height Is approximately ,sft Oln. M.U.Q.'s queries are: (a) Are Alsatian dogs very fond or children? (h) Why Is rresh water coldor than salt water? —(a) Alsatians are usually particularly devoted to their master, in fact they are known as a "one man dog." They are, however, quite roml or children, especially ones who sliow that they are not atraid or them. (1)) Merely because 'twine Is not such a good conductor or heat as is rresh water. •■. . • ■■ '.. ■':'■••• Questioner asks: (a) Why is the world round? (h) What is a cantonment? (a) The eartu actually is not -round, but elliptical, and is due to the effect of the molten mass or ihe earth whirling round in-space in the beginning. Any pliable .substance', when whirled round, 13 formed by' the rriction or the air into a smooth ball. (b) A cantonment is a small military base.. ... • ■• ■ ' A.8.0. Girl wonder 3: (a) Why Is it. that ir lightning strikes steel and you touch it you get a shock? '(b> How Is It that flsh are In inland lakes with no opening.— (a) ir a full charge .or lightning was to strike a piece of steel connected with the •ground, the current would be run direct to earth and, perhaps ir the resistance was great-enough, the pole would be shattered. Under these circumstances you would get an electric shock, which is caused by an electric current flowing through the body. If a piece- or metal was Insulated from earth and charged with •■ electricity,- in touching it you could "earth" the charge and get an electric shock, (b) Most llsh in inland lakes have simply grown there, or been there since the lake was part of a river that flowed to <he sea. In the case of eels, they work their way overland to the inland lakes and ditches, wliicn. they occupy. N.B. Puzzled. —No queries are answered in these columns unless the correct name ana address pi &S EgaCgE Jβ, slag tuftmlttedg ... " "~ -—'