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  2. ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

    Q. : A Scotch friend of mine died recently and left to me a dog. Its name is Teind, but so far I have been unable to discover the meaning of the word. Can you oblige ...

    Article : 61 words
  3. THE DEFENCES

    Quite recently the Prime Minister decided that," in future, refractory cadets were not to be punished by placing them in solitary confinement. Since this pronouncement a case ...

    Article : 1,055 words
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  5. LEGAL PROBLEMS

    "Pembroke" asks whether an estate agent engaged to sell a house for the owner, can sign a contract and compel the owner to carry it out. ...

    Article : 303 words
  6. MISCELLANEOUS

    AWARD (to "Enngonia," Bourke) : (1) Yes. (2) Yes. RAIN (to "Ludgate," Concord) : Let us have the exact date of article. ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  7. A QUESTION ON AWARDS.

    Q.: Is an employer compelled to keep time sheets and pay wages, as ordered in an expired award, pending the introduction of a fresh one? ("Justicia," Annandale. ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. TO PREPARE LINOLEUM FOR DANCE.

    Q. : Please give me recipe for paste to apply to linoleum, so us to obtain a surface suitable for dancing.—("W.A.," Harris Park.) A. : Dissolve loz of beeswax in 10oz of ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. RENOVATING STRAW HATS.

    Q. : Please describe a method of cleaning a straw boater that has become soiled.—("Queenslander," Newmarket, Q.) A. : White straw hats may be cleaned by ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. PUNCH AND PUNCHINELLO.

    Q.: Is there any relationship between the words "Punch" and "Punchinello"? ("Punchinello," Manly.) A.: Punch, as applied to the leading part in ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. SUING FOR A DEBT.

    "Ourimbah" and "N.F." make two inquiries. In effect they ask (1) what length of time has a debtor to sue for a debt, and (2) can a debtor get a garnishee order from a ...

    Article : 489 words
  12. WHO NAMED AUSTRALIA ?

    Q. : Who is credited with suggesting the name Australia for this country :—"OldTimer," Bathurst. A. : Flinders seems to have been the first to ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. TO REMOVE RUST FROM LINEN.

    Q. : How can iron-rust be removed from light clothes ?—("Perplexed," Leichhardt.) A. : A common method is to wet the spot with lemon-juice and salt, and expose to the ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. NATURE

    It is quite true that you can have too much of a good thing. Under ordinary circumstances no one would think of killing a black swan in fact, most landholders in the country are glad ...

    Article : 443 words
  15. SLOT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS.

    Q.: Is it practicable to have slot machines to distribute liquids as well as solids ?—"Fanatic," Sydney. A.: You are a little behind the times when ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. WILD-FLOWER SHOW.

    The schedule is out for the Wild-flower Snow to be held, in the Sydney Town Hall on September 3, 4, and 5. All who visited the last show will look forward to this, the event of ...

    Article : 217 words
  17. ANCHORS, LIFEBUOYS, AND BELTS.

    Q. : Please tell me how to make a sea anchor, a lifebuoy, and a lifebelt.—("Yachtsman," Christchurch, N.Z.) A. : For boats and yachts up to 30ft on ...

    Article : 243 words
  18. MORE FENCING QUESTIONS.

    "H.T." asks a question resembling two others asked this week. The answer is generalised to cover the three as far as possible. A: The real question is your neighbor's ...

    Article : 328 words
  19. THE COLORADO BEETLE.

    The cabled news that 200 German soldiers have been sent to make was on the Colorado beetles. which have been ravaging the potato farms west of Hamburg, makes more cheerful ...

    Article : 186 words
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  21. BOLIVAR SIMON.

    Q.: Who was Bolivar Simon ?—"Historian," Christchurch, N.Z. A.: Bolivar Simon has been called the. "Liberator" and the "Washington of South America ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. THE SPARROW'S BATH.

    The sparrow may be a larrikin, and his clothes may be dun and shabby, but he's a clean little chap for all that. During these days ...

    Article : 31 words
  23. IN BEEF.

    "Maple" : Probably not. It's pure puff, and apparently you have probably bound yourself without clearly realising what you were to be charged, and if the price is reasonable it's too ...

    Article : 479 words
  24. THE STRYCHNINED-APPLE BAIT.

    The Vermin Destruction Department in Victoria has been subjected to a great deal of criticism recently on the ground that the methods adopted by the department for the ...

    Article : 694 words
  25. INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS.

    The striking rase of Mr. G. B. Renton; of ,14 Sir John Young's Crescent, Sydney, N.S.W., and connected with a well-known George-street wallpaper house, illustrates two things: One ...

    Article : 466 words
  26. SPORTING

    CRICKET (to "Admirer," Sydney)": C. B. Fry was born in 1872. AVIATOR (to "Hydro," Wentworth Falls): (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. ...

    Article : 176 words
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