Answers to Correspondents

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26627, 25 November 1947, Page 4

Answers to Correspondents

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•• Grim Dig," Oamaru. —Penicillin was used extensively in various forms, sometimes in solution and sometimes m powder,, •toboth the British and the Americans in the late war, especially in its in the Egyptian, Italian, and Normandy Ca N Pa D.? S Waimate.—So far as we are aware “The White Horse Inn ’ Company, which featured the revolving stage, visited Dunedin on only one playing here from March 14 to March 24, 'V J., Queen street. —(1) Full particulars will be given to you on application to the Navy Department, Wellington. (2) The swimming pool at the Woodhaugh Gardens will be cleaned out and 'refilled in readiness for bathing in time for the school vacations, or before that if the weather remains settled. “Argument,” Forbury corner,— Although it is customary for a widow to remove her former tvedding ring from her left hand there is no binding rule <to this effect, and she may actually wear it on any finger she chooses or discard it altogether " Cody.” Oamaru.—Application should be made to the Otago Hospital Board, which will provide you with a prospectus giving full particulars as to the educational attainments, etc., necessary. “ Fielden.” Oamaru.—The Education Board’s ruling with respect to corporal punishment is as follows: That, while not prohibiting corporal punishment, the board enjoins teachers to have recourse to it sparingly and with due deliberation. Its frequent infliction is always to be accounted an indication of defective discipline. . . If you consider you have grounds for complaint you should interview the head teacher of the school. “Rust,” Roxburgh.—There is no satisfactory method of removing corrosion or a blockage from hot water pipes without having the pipes lifted. “ Sweetheart,” Palmerston.— Chloroform will remove grass stain from a pair of pants, but the treatment is likely to leave a ring mark. The scientific treatment now given by dye works to the removal of stains on clothing ensures the absence of anv after marking. “In Sympathy.”—The flags were flown to mark the occasion of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.