Answers to Correspondents

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26623, 20 November 1947, Page 6

Answers to Correspondents

i. M. L.. Kaitangata.—Manatuke is a tanning district, nine miles south by motor road from Gisborne, The nearest railway station is at Makaraka, four miles from Gisborne by rail. “ Driver,” Oarharu.—A newspaper advertisement would probably be the best means of procuring the services of an instructor.

“ Stamp Collector," Waitahuna.—The denominations of the stamps for the 1908 Christchurch Exhibition were id, Id, 3d, and 6d. and the approximate market value (buying) was £5 a set; 1913 Auckland Exhibition, id, Id, 3d, and 6d, buying market value £6 a. set upwards; 1925 Dunedin Exhibition, id, Id. and 4d, buying market value, approximately £1 a set; 1940 Centennial New Zealand Exhibition, id, Id, lid, 2d, 2id, 3d, 4d, sd, 6d, 7d, Bd. 9d, lOd (no lid), and Is approximate value, 25s a set mint, and 20s used. “ Taieri Housewife,” Mosgicl.—When preserving fruit with saccharin the tablets should be put into the jars before processing. Two tablets should be used for each quart jar. “Curious.” Pine Hill.—(1) To remove iodine stains apply a solution of pure sodium hyposulphite and then strong ammonia water by means of blotting paper; remove excess by pressing between sheets of bibulous paper moistened with water, and dry between clean, warm (dry) bloting pads. lodine stains may also be removed by alcohol. (2) Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten has three sisters and no brothers. The sisters are Princess Margaret, Princess Theodora, and Princess Sophia. Another sister, Princess Cecilia, was killed in an accident in 1937. (3) One authority gives the height of Princess Elizabeth as sft 4in, and another as sft, 6in. Queen Elizabeth is sft 4in tall and the late Queen Victoria was 5 feet in height. Our records do not give the height of the Duke of Windsor. (4) Next year, 1948, is the centenary of the Provincial District of Otago and the centenary lasts the whole of ’the year, although the main celebrations will be held in the first few months. “X, Y, Z,” Dunedin.—Pat Keogh wasj a half-back in the native team that' toured England in 1888-89.