Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 July 1910, Page 1

Useful References

—.— — FOR TRAVELLERS AND STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE. Steamers leave Wellington far Christclmrcli practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from Levi.ni connect with. .them. There sire frequent trips to ports further south, such as Dunedin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of overy week, and anyone who finds that day inconvenient.may get to Sydney from Auckland, whence a. steamer leaves every Monday, after having voyaged up from Wellington via Napier and Gisborne. The .inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on to southern ports, and from The Bluff 'tlhey steam up to Melbourne and lalter on to Sydney. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply, the Department issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of Id. These coupons may be exchanged for « postage sit amp of the value of 2Jd in any country which adopts tho scheme. New Zealand's population, including that of the Cook Islands and other dependencies, is now well over one million. Tn -Tune. 1908. the estimated ponulation of London was 4,795.757. The rateable value of property in England and Wales lias risen each year since 1874. The figures are as follows:— In 1874, £115.646,631. In 1888, £145,527,944. Tn 1894, £161.139,575. In 1908, £212, 757, 450. Th'oitotal rateable value in 1874 represents a.n average of £4 17s 6d pei head of population, while in 190S the average was £6 per head. People are puzzled to know whal is meant by occasional references in discussions an naval armaments to the German Naval Law. Tht German Navy Law of 1907 pro vides for the laying down in oacl vear from 1908 to 1911 of thret battleships and one, armourec cruiser; also in each year frorr 1012 to 1917 of one battleship an> r one armoured cruiser: also in eacl vear from 1908 to 1917 of two pro tected cruisers and one destroyer New Zwiln.nd's public debt at 31 s March. 1910, amounted to £70.938 534. the increase for the twelve months immediatelv preceding bar ing bpen £4.484.637. Of this a mount £1,200.000 was raised by wa; of public works. £1.048.800 nn-cle the Advances to Settlers and Work \r>f-, nii'l nnn nnn myV i Wellington and Mnnawatu Railway T> 'irehfi'- , e Act. £950.000 vn« r.oie n'l Utirlpr +lio Trellis 't-n T/OCfll Rrvli'a Arit. and £211.495 under the Lam for Settlemo.rifa Act. Great Britain's National Debt, oi 31.st March, 1909, stood at £754.121 309. being a decrease of £5,704,74! bv comparison with the figures fo 'tJlie year immediately preceding Against this were set down asset totalling £37.160,000, the princ-ipa item being the estimated mark'e value of the Suez Oanal shares own ed by Great Britain (£32,000,000) AGE OF HORSES AS SHOWN B"

THTCTR TEETH. A foafl of six_ months has six 1 grinders in each jaw, tliree on each side; also six nippers of front teelih, with a cavity in eao'h. At the asre of one year, he loses the first milk printers ahove nnrl below, amd front teeth have their cavities filled np alike ito teeth of horses of eiprht years of age. At aire of two and a half to three years, he casts his two fronfi uppers, and in a short time after the (two next. At asre of four years, prinders nresi^minjwjnrJ^idfvfmda^^j^f