Answer to Correspondent

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 4

Answer to Correspondent

< Inquiries should be addressed to the Editor, and the envelope inscribed in the upper left-hand corner “A.T.C.” " Inquirer,” Milton.—We understand that the majority of millinery firms reblock women’s hats. The hats should, in the first instance, be taken to a dye works firm to be dry-cleaned. “Anxious.” Tapanui.—A motor car towing a trailer must be equipped with a blue light and the trailer must bear a red light, otherwise a warrant of fitness cannot be otained. Provision is made for the Commissioner of Transport to grant exemption in the case of car and trailer to be used in daylight only and to authorise the issue of warrant bearing an endorsement to that effect. Application should be made to the nearest traffic officer or to the Dunedin Testing Station. Each application is dealt with on its merits. - “ Inquisitive,” Dunedin. —In the figures quoted yesterday for wages paid to members of’ a dance band under the Otago Musicians’ Award, omission was made of the two 5 per cent, cost-of-living bonuses. The amended figures are as follows:—8 p.m. till 11 p.m., £1 3s 6d; 8 p.m. till 12 p.m., £1 9s 7d: 8 p.m. till 1 a.m., £2 0s 9d; 8 p.m. till 2 a.m., £2 11s lid: 10 p.m. till 12 p.m.. £1 3s 6d; 10 p.m. till 1 a.m., £1 15s Bd. “Opaque,” Otekaike.—(l) The questions which you raise have been the subject of a great deal of controversy, as well as superstition. We are not prepared to offer an opinion or to reopen a subject on which it would be impossible to obtain any measure of agreement. (2) You have omitted to state the nature of the casual work in which the worker is engaged. “Princess,” Kurow.—A book entitled “ The Century of Buckingham Palace, ‘ which can probably be seen In the Oamaru Public Library, contains the information for which you ask.