Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE. Steamers leave Welllington for Chrislchurcli practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from Levin, connect with them. There are frequent trips to ports further south, such as Dunedin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who finds that day inconvenient mav get to Sydney from Auckland, whence a steamer leaves every Monday, after having voywagjod up from Wellington via Napier ond Gisborne. The.inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on to southern ports, and from The Bluff they steam up to Melbourne and later on to Sydney. As a means of enabling the sender of :i letter .addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply, tht l Department issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of Irl. These coupons may he exchanged for a postage stamp of the value of 2-} d in any country which adopts the scheme. New Zealand's population. including that of the Cook Islands •Mid other dependencies, is now well over one million. Til .Tune, 1908. the estimated cumulation of London was <1,790.7;">7. The rateable value of property in England and Wales has risen ench vp.ir since 1871. The figures are sis follows:— Tn 1874. eiin.nifi.Mi. Tu 1888, ,C1tr,..527.911, Tn 180-1, CIM.m.W). Tu T9OB, £212. 757, 450. Thetotnl rateable value in 1874 ropresonts an .a vera ere of Ct 17s fid iv>r bend of population, while in 1908 '.be average w>as .CO per head.

People, are puzzled to know wlwifc <s meant hv • occasional references, in discussions an nnvnl flrmnincntfl. the German Naval Law. The Herman Nnvy Law of 1907 provides for the living down in oncli vear from 1908 to 1911 of three hatlleships and on© onnourerT •••ruiser; also in each y'onr from 1912 to 1917 of one battleship and r >ne armoured cruiser: also in each vear from 1908 to 1917 of two profiled cruisers and one de-strover. New Zealand's public debt at 31st Afnreli. 1910, amounted to C 70.9-18-"!31. 'flip increase for the twelve •Months iinmedintelv preceding linv:,,nr oi |« | rwj Of til is n•»nunf fl.9oo.nnr) irn VP'S"'' hv wnv "f IviMic works. C1.0m.800 n«dr>v 'lie, Ad winces to S"and Ww].--..-r- ~,,,1 r-1 noo nno .m- 1 -— -nU r nlJ!i)fr(oii iHlid ■Uiii.'iwntn TCailwav A,.* PO.-n nno ,mc ro.V '-1 T.'"*"ne fn T noql T? '»'« V.,f. ~n.d r?n..in- under tlie Land f .ir ,S"tfl"nie,nt.q .Apt, f?rrvnt Britain's National T)nht. on Tl«f. March. 1909. stood at -P.7K1.191Tjoinjr a decrease of €5.701.742 '><• comparison vHh flip, firruros for 'Iho rear ininiodliato-lv nreccdvinrr. this were set down assets ' n(a.Hin<r 0.37.100.000, the principal : leni Ifinn; the .estimated market ••'»lno of 'tlie Sup/ On ml shares own•d 1»y Great Britain rG32.000.000). VOTC OF TTfmSTCS AS SHOWN BY THF/TT? TTCftTH. A fowl of six montlis Jias six 1 'Tinders in each jaw. thre-e on each side; also six nippers of front toetMi, nth a eavitv in each. At the ao'e of one year, ho loses •he first milk orinders nliovo and below, an l '! front teeth have .their •avities filled up alike to teetli of horses of eight years of age. At atp of two And a half to Mi rep years, lie casts his two front) unpens, and in n. short timo after the two next. At ago of four Tears, grinders -re six nnon each wide, and at about four and ■"-half his nipper*! are all nermaiiient ones, hv the replacing of ••emnining two corner teeth : tushes ♦ hen appear, and lie is no longer a f, ol f. Alt five a horse has tushes, and 4 here is ° cavity in "entre of all his lower nippers. At six +1l !q hi nek eavitv is oblitorited in the two front lower nip-

ners. At ser M'fl cavities of the next 'wo nro filled nn and tushes blunted ; and nt eicht tlie cavities of the ( m-o oovr"" fppfli nrp filled lin. 111 ;iv v-w lie said to lie atrod. H'lvifipq " ,1 "innorq of urmer iaw tc lint r.Mitr>rpitp(l until tlio bovcn ; q iil>oiit vp.irs old, after which - 1 11 oc; round. Kllfl IlimiPT. o nroipct p.rxl fJ'.iiiTp +1>o?r TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF OATTLE. Take tlio measurement of the crirth where it is smallest (close belli nd the shoulder) and the length of the Animal from the front of the shoulder to the junction of the tail. Multiply tlihe square of the girth in feet and inches by <the length in feet, n,nd multiply the product by .23, .24, .26, .28, or .30, according to tlio fatness of the animal, and the result will give the weight in imperial stones. For instance, if the girth of an animal in moderate conditioin be Gft, the length sftr 4in, then 6 x 6—36 x 51-3—192 x .24—47.08 stones. Tlio foregoing is tlio carcase weight of the animal. The weight of the carcase would be about fof the liv'o weight for cattle; for aheep, from 1-3 to f; and for a pig, from J to 3 'the live weight.