Answers to Correspondents

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26619, 15 November 1947, Page 6

Answers to Correspondents

Inquiries should be addressed to the Editor, and the envelope inscribed in the upper left-hand corner “A.T.C.” A. G. 8.. Clyde.—Your inquiry will be answered next t weck in our gardening notes. .... “.Woman Gardener.” Alexandra—Your question will be answered in next Friday’s gardening column. “ Inquirer,” Clinton.—A single answer to your questions is that an employer is responsible on behalf of his employees for the wage tax on the total amount paid out by him in Wages, and, this amount he deducts from them when he is paying their wages. . “ Elector.” Dunedin.—A provision made in the Statutes Amendment Act, 1945, enables a person outside a polling booth or else Where on a street to deliver a card to an elector. R. P., Tapanui.—(l) The brigantine Delaware, which left Nelson Harbour for Napier on the morning of September 3. 1863, ran into a fierce gale and was driven ashore at Wakapuaka, a few miles northeast of Nelson, and became a total wreck. There were 11 persons aboard, and with the help of Maoris residing in the vicinity, all but one, who was washed overboard and drowned, were rescued. (2) Hard, bright coal and common salt are generally used' in making the coal flower plant.