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'Anxious To Know,' West Coast. — The
truit of the castor oil plant. Ricinus com
munis, Is highly poisonous to man and
animals. Symptoms seen are severe
scouring, sometimes with blood, vomiting,
prostration, and, unless the dose be very
minute, death.
'Doe Lover.' NSW.— The condition in
your dogs is probably mange. Dissolve
one ounce of potassslum sulpnurata In one
gallon of water and bathe dogs In this
Repeat three times at weekly Intervals.
'Petwork,' Stirling West.— Cover the
whole ol the door, edges as -well, with
some thick material, such as baize. This
will act as a sound absorber. Tighten
up the spaces between door and door
frame with strips of felt or similar
material.
'Angler,' WUlaston.— The usual process
in smoking fish is to place them in a
brine solution to which sugar has been
added. Remove fish and allow to dry
Smoke for a longer or shorter oerlod.
using hardwood sawdust.
'Curious.' Mount Compass. — Indium
has been used In medicine, but we are
unable to say whether It Is used at ore
sent.
'Bacchataa,' Bllnman. — To help to
overcome the effects of speedy cutting
the feet should be kept well trimmed. The
sole should not be rasped unevenly, nor
should the wall be touched with a rasp
If shoes are used, the Inside arm should
be feathered and sloped smoothly off bo
reduce the contact with the other leg.
However, as he is a young horse he may
Improve with age.
H.H., Moonta. — The record high jump
for a horse In Australia was 8 ft. 5 In.
at Cairns. Queensland, by Mrs. J. V.
Branchensee's Peninsula and Mr. C.
Perry's Rukin Lass on July 23, 1941.
'beanna,' Wnyalla.— Durbln produc
tions: — 'Three Smart Girls.' '100 Men
and a Girl,' 'Mad About Music,' 'That
Certain Age,' 'Three Smart Girls Grow
Up,' 'First Love'' 'It's a Date,'
'Spring Parade,' 'Nice Girl.' 'It Started
With Eve,' 'Hers to Hold,' 'Amazing
Mrs. Holliday,' and 'His Butler's Sis
ter.' next production. 'Christmas Holi
day.'
'Constant ReadeT,' RlveT Murray. — If
the creditor sues for the amount due
you would have a good defence on tne
ground that the debt was statute
barred.
'A Very Grateful Reader,' Muston.—
1. If your father is served with a notice
to quit, given on the ground that he
Is In arrear with the rent, and after
the expiry of the notice he does not
vacate and ft summons for eviction is
issued, a court would make an order for
eviction. 2. As your offer to pay the
current rent if your father were allowed
to remain has been refused, and a coun
ter-offer ntade, you are not under any
obligation to pay any rent.
'Liberal,' Tanunda. — So long as the
institution holds a licence un*cr the
Collections for Charitable Purposes Act,
moneys may be collected by canvassing.
There is no obligation on the collector
to give a receipt for any donation re
ceived.
'Owner,' Whyalla. — 1. The tenant Is
not liable to pay for the outside im
provements or deep drainage. 2. If the
tenant Is a weekly tenant and there is
no written agreement setting out the terms
of the tenancy, he Is not liable to kalso
mine the Inside walls, unless they have
become dirty through some act of the
tenants apart from ordinary wear and
tear. 3 The tenant is liable to have the
showcase repaired If it has become dam
aged during his tenancy.
'Worried Mother,' Bordertown.— your
son could not legally obtain custody of
the child until the order appointing you
and your daughter as guardians of the
child 1e set aside or varied by a court.
2. You are entitled to apply to the court
for an order for adoption, but If you
are married your husband would have to
consent to such application. As you are
one of the legally appointed guardians
of the child, your son's consent would
not be necessary but the consent of the
other guardian would be required. 3.
Your daughter could apply for an adop
tion order, either Jointly with her hus
band' ot by his consent. The consent of
the husband must be given In evidence
before the court, but if he is away on
service an order could probably be ob
tained for his evidence as to consent to
be obtained in some substituted manner.
'Milked Dry,' Wallaroo, and 'Black
Market,' Blyth. — It you will refer your
complaint to the United Victuallers' As
sociation, King William street, Adelaide,
giving the name of the hotel concerned,
the association will be pleased to make
enquiries in the matter.
'W.W.D.,' Stirling. — We suggest a
few native names that might be suitable:
— Boolarong (plenty). Bunyarra (good or
sweet), Calimpa (busy bee's nest), Coor
ago (stop or pause), Glrrawheen (place
of flowersi, Illoura (a pleasant place),
Karobran (together), Mirambeek (mine),
Pintannie (open country), Takanna (wide
or broad), Bidnakano (permanent water),
Emeego (hope), curburra (plenty). Chur
lnga (good luck).
'White Ants.' Birdwood.— Messrs.
Houghton & Byrne. Ltd.. Pake street.
Adelaide.
?Land,' WaiervaJe.— 1. If the land be
ing sold and the winery are owned by
the same person, and you purchased
subject to the condition mentioned, and
failed to deliver grapes to the winery,
you would be liable for damages for
breach of contract, but if the land and
winery are owned by different owners
you would not be liable, unless you
entered into a contract with the owners
of the winery. 2. If you and your
neighbor cannot agree as to the type
of dividing fence to be erected, and that
each pay half the cost of Its erection,
you should give your neighbor a notice to
fence pursuant to the Fencing Act, speci
fying the boundary to be fenced, con
taining proposal for fencing the same,
and specifying the kind of fence pro
posed to be erected. If within a month
after the service of the notice you do
not agree as to the construction and
kind of fence, either of you may apply
to a court for an order determining
the kind of fence to be constructed. 3.
No particular part of a fence belongs to
either neighbor, but if a dividing fence
has been erected partly by one and
partly by the other, each is liable to
gay the cost of repairing the part erected *
y him. But if there is no dividing
fence, and you erect a fence along half
the length ol the division, you cannot
compel your neighbor to erect the re
maining half at tils own cost, but could
serve him with the notice referred to
In (2), making him liable for half the
cost of the remaining portion.
'Flowers and Mag,' Ardrossan. — Seed-
ling walnuts in many instances are
either very shy bearers or do not pro
duce nuts until the tree is well matured,
say, from eight to ten years. As wal
nuts do not reproduce true from seed,
It is suggested that the seedling trees
be either grafted or budded with re
liable cropping varieties as Fxanquette
or Wilson's Wonder. A leaflet describ
ing budding and grafting can be ob
tained from the horticultural branch
of the Department of Agriculture.
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