ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24414, 27 September 1940, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

[Questions will not. be answered unless accompanied by the' name and address of correspondents.]

" Watchful." Balclutha.—We cannot provide space for correspondence on the subject of your letter. "Curious," Owaka.—lf you wish to send money out of the country you must lodge an application at a post office. The application will . then be sent on to the Reserve Bank, which will decide whether it shall be granted. "Argument," Outram.—The area of the City of London proper is 678 acres. The area of the administrative County of London is 117 square miles, and Greater London covers 692 square miles. W. D. S., Port Chalmers.—(l) Hayward Point was named after Captain Hayward. whose descendants are well known in Port Chalmers. (2) There is apparently no record of the name of the master of the ship Tarbot Castle, which arrived at Port Chalmers in 1862. •Club Member," Ripponvale.—lt is impossible to answer all of your questions without a full knowledge of the circumstances, but in an organisation such as that to which you refer all difficulties should be overcome if the members will acknowledge the fact that the majority must rule. All the books of the organisation should be open for the inspection of the members at any time. • Britisher," Tuapeka Mouth. —The tune of "God Save the King" was adopted as a Danish national air in 1790 and as a German national anthem in 1793. The title of the German version is "Heil Dir Im Siegerkranz." Weber introduced this air into his "Jubel" overture and it was employed on several occasions by Beethoven, notably in his " Battle " symphony. It is not known whether this tune is still used as a national anthem in Germany, where there have been several, 'including "The Watch on the Rhine."