ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. A. R;, Oamaru. —Yes; they are eligible. H. S.. Maheno.—Apply to the secretary, Queen Carnival Committee, A. and P. Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin. “ Skittles,” Greenfield—The name which you mention does not appear •in the New Zealand Post Office directory. Your only course appears to be to advertise for the missing relatives. D. S., Hawea Flat—(l). Earl McCready is 35 years of age. (2) H.M.S. Hood is, so far as is known, the largest warship afloat. She is 860 feet in length. (3) The male paradise duck is brightly coloured; • Interested,” Otago—The additional tax is the national security tax, which you are required to pay irrespective of any arrangement made with respect to the payment of social security tax. "Inquirer,” London street. —(1) Poilxte mav be obtained from Messrs John Edmond, Ltd.. 365 Princes street. (2) It is necessary to obtain the services of a registered plumber to do the work. •Postal Notice,” Mosgiel.—Under the Post and Telegraph Regulations, the department may require householders to provide boxes on the street line to facilitate the delivery of letters, and, if this is not done, any persons concerned may be excluded from the delivery of letters. As this is the policy that is now being adopted by the department, your , case is-not an isolated one. “Club Member.” —On the facts which you have enumerated the answers are as follows:—(1) A group of officers cannot assume the right to carry out the functions of the com- . mittee. (2) The secretary may call a meeting on the instruction of the president. (3) Only the committee would have the right to decline an' application for membership. (4) It is possible ■ that circumstances might justify this action. (5) A bare majority would be sufficient unless the rules of the club provide otherwise. (6) Notice of motion to rescind the resolution may be given. (7) The proposal would more properly have been included in the motion referred to in the previous answer. If the rules do not specifically give you the right to act as you did, the meeting should not have been advertised without the president’s consent. (8) A bare majority unless otherwise provided in the rules. (9) It is usual for a request for a ballot to be met, but the wishes of the majority would decide. (10) It would be proper to allow such a t motion to be nut.