Answers to Correspondents

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26631, 29 November 1947, Page 6

Answers to Correspondents

a Inquiries should be addressed to the Editor and the envelope inscribed in the upper left-hand corner “A.T.C.” “ Zorro,” Green Island.—A great number of belts that are commonly worn to-day are plastic belts, made from a chemically produced material. “ Wondering,” Palmerston.—The award rate for blade shearers is £2 Os 6d per 100 sheep with rations. Where no rations are supplied by the farmer, an additional 5s a day must be added, to be paid whether the shearer works or not. “ Homie,” Oamaru. —The church to which you refer is the St. James Anglican Church, situated in the Waiho Gorge and looking out on to the Franz Joseph Glacier. W A 8., Dunedin. —Under the rules governing the game of snooker, if A had scored 32 points to B's 30, when only the pink and the black remained on the table, and then pots the pink to make the scores 38—30 in his favour, he wins the game because if any subsequent mishap occurs when playing at the black, such as going in off it by A, the game automatically ends unless the additional 7 points earned by B makes the scores level, in which case finality must be reached.