Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND STAY-

AT-HOME PEOPLE

Rteamers leave Wellington for Ohrisfohnreh practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from Lovin connect with them. Thero are frequent trips to_ ports south, such as Dune'lin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who fi nclt: tl'at. dnv inconvenient ni'nv get to Sydney from Auckland, whence a steamer leaves every Mnndnv. ifter having voyaaed up from Wellington via Nnpier ond Gisborne. The inward steamers from Sydney to WellinH-on go "n to southern ports, unci from' Tlie. Bluff they stenm up to Melbourne and laiter on to fivdnoy. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay tho postage on >a replv. the Department issues reply coupons on payme'iiit of a fee of Id. These coupons "may be oxohango.rl for m postage sit amp of the value r>f I\i\ in any country which adopts t.lin scheme. New Zealand's population, incliulinfr tint of the Cook Islands inn , other is now well nv*>r o"o million. Tn June-. 1008. the estimated population of London was 4.795.757. Tbe rateable value of property rn Rn gland an , ! Wales has risen cneli venv since 1874. The figures are i\s follows :— Tn IR7<l, .-CnS.R4R.R3I. Tn ISSB. £145.527.911. Tit ISO I. f!im.130.575. Tn 1008, £212. 757. 450. The-.total rateable value in 1874 repre.seiiiiKs an .nverace of G4 17s f)d n^r head of population, while in 1908 Mie average \wi.s CO her head.

People nro puzzled to know what ; s it 1 ennt by occasional references. ; n discissions en navni armaments, the German Navnl Law. The frerman Nnvv Lnw of 1907 provides for t)" , laving flmvn in each vpnr frnm 100S to lf)ll of tfiroe battleship? and one armoured n rili-**>r : n!sr> in oa* , !) y'tvir- from 1!)12 to mi 7 of one battleship a.iv 1 'vim f"'moiirr>'l rrni.i'T • in p.vh vcar frnm IDOB to 1917 of two pro-tcf-p-d oriiisers and one d'estrovpr. Neiv 7<>.iKikl's public debt at. 31st Uin-h. 1910. n mounted to £70.03853!. -Mic incrp-T«p for -flip twelve nimi+hs iinniprli.itpiv prooorliti" - bavin" been M.4Rlfi37. Of this a•nonnf --H.200.nn0 ivns raised l,y \rnv of p'lMiV works. £1.018,800 mirW Mip- .Advancp« to fipft-.lnrs nnd Work- •••- \>-\-. nit-! h nno.onn -ti lf . Wellington and Mnnawntu Rnilw."-'' n.,,vho'--.. .^r.f. c?50.0n0 «-nc .-.,;... ■„} ~,v1.... M,,,T.--nsfrT,or,nl P^i;,,n Vit, nn/1 £211.40:- under tlie Land fov Setf-Wmifc! A"t. Briton's Nntimifll FIpM. mi ■Hsf-. March, IPOf). stood *t P7nf.121109. being a decrease of £5.701.712 'iv v-i-Hi +hp. fijrjirPS for ♦ilin vear ininiedliatelv precp<Mn<?. \nr.T'"st thic ivoro qpf, firvwn assets £37.100,000. the principal Hem li«imr the "stiinff.fi mnrkp<t ••lino of flip P"P7 Onnni shnrps own•■'d by Groat Britain (£32,000,000). VOE OF nnT?SRS AR SHOWN BY THEIR TEETH. A af six months has m'x trrinders in each jaw, throe .on oar-h siVlp : also six nippers of front toelh, wiHi n ravitv i'i each. At the n™ of oiia year, he loses *-l ,a first "ii'llc oriiulprs n-liov-e niu] bolmr. Pi'vl front +»ptli have their fillp'l up nlikp to teeth of horses of eiVht years of ase. At a"o of twn .nn-'i n half to thrcp years, ho oasts his two front ■inners. and in a short time after Mip two n'pxt. At acre of four vears. ftrinders irp six "no" oiiph «i<lp. and at about four and =n-Tinlf ln'.s m'ppprs are nil nortniiivpiit ones, hy the renlaoinfr of '•piuainintr two cornor teeth : tushes th"ii appear, and he is no longer a "oH

At five n horse has tushes. and there is 'H rarity in centre of .ill Ms lower • nippers. At. m this black cavity is oblitorited in tho two front, lower nipner.s. At spron the cavit-fas of the ne^t ■+\rn are filled 'in nwl tnsWs lilmitorl; jin.rl nt eiVht the rarities of tho Hro corner toeth nro filled nn. •Hors'e nvnv..jiew lie srml to he nfed. o;ivit.ioi i" ninr>ors of n'nner jaw nvn nnt ohliteralfed until the horco !<s +en roars old. aft-or which tnallps heenmn ronnd. and nippers nroioet. nnd oVniirre their surface. TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE. Take the measurement of the girth whore it i.s smallest (close behind the shoulder) anri the 'length of the animal from < th.V front .of till© shoulder to tho junction of the tail. Alultiply tlihe square of the girth in feet and inches by tho length in feet, and multiply the product by .23, .24, .2G, .28, or .30, according to tho fatness of the animal, and the result will give tho weight in imperial stones. For instance, if tho girth of an animal-in moderate conditioin. ho 6ft, the length sftr 4in, then 6 x '6—36 x 51-3—192 x .24—47.08 stones. The foregoing is tho carcase weight s of the animal. The weight of the carcase would he about |of tho live weight,for cnttlo; for sheep, from 1-3 to f; and for a pig, from J to 3 the live weight. i