Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE. Steamers leave Wellington for Christchurch practically every evening in tho week. Afternoon trains from Levin, connect with them. There <vro frequent trips to ports further south, such as Dunedin and Tlie Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney diredt on Friday of every week, nnd anyone who finds that dny inconvenient mny ge! to Sydney from Auckland, whence a steamer loaves every Monday, niter having voyaged up from Wellington via Napier nnd Gisbomp. Tlic.imvard stenmers from Sydney to Welliiifrton go on to southern ports, and from The Bluff 'they steam up to Melbourne ami later on to Sydney. As n menus of enabling the sender of a letter nddresvfl to a plnee nhrond to prepay the postage on n reply, the Department issues replv coupons on payment of a fee of Id. These con pons mny be exchanged, for n p'op+.age ftfnmp of the vn.lne of in any country which ndopts tho scheme. New Zealand's population, inclndinoc that of the Cook Islands nnd other dependencies, is now well ofer onn million. Tn June. 1908. tbe csrhimoted population 'nf London vn\R 4,705.757. Tho ra+enhlp value of property in Enslnnd find Wales has risen pinch yonr since 1874. Tho figures follows:— Tn 1874, £115.(54R,631. Tn 1888. G145.527.014, Tn ISO I. -Glfil.iaS.37S. Tn 1008. £212. 757. 450. The- 'total rnhvilile value :n 1874 reprospinits nn nver.ige o? 1?,4 17« Rd per bend of population, while <n 1008 +bo nverag-e w«s £R pen , liPtitl. People are puzzled t-o know what is meant by occasional references, in discussions an navnl armaments, to the German Nnvnl Law. Tho German Nnvy Law of 1007 provides for the laying down in each rear from 1908 to 1011 of three ha.f/tleships and ono armoured* rriiTSßr, nJ.to •In r-nrii vWtr fr<MJi 1012 In 1017 of one b.itfleship aivl one armoured cruiser: also in each venr Prom 1008 to 1017 of two pro-f-Wed cniisei's nnd ono destroyer.

Nf»v Z.vilnnd's public debt nt 31st M.nrch. iniO. amounted to ,£70.038531. if-lu l incrensp for 'ihrv twplvo months ininipdintolv prrcprlmtr having been CI. -IS!.r>37. Of this a--11101111 f. f1.200.000 wiis rnisorl by way of public works. CT.OIS.BOO 'under tb 1 ". Aflv.r>ncf><; to Settlers and Workers Act. and 01.000.000 under flip Wellington and Manawnru "Rnilwny P'lrchp'ie AeK C 5"0,000 was rniqcd under t l '" T.-onns'to Local Hodiefl A pit, nnd r211,!n5 under the Land for Settlements Act.

Grent Britain's Debt, on •11.«t Mnrcli. 1000, stood at £754.121300, being n decrense ef £5,704.742 bv cnnipnrison wifb -(he. fiorures fnr tHio year itnmedlintcly preceding. Ajninst. this wero- set down assets totalling C37.1fi0.000. the principal item hein? tbp estimated market vnlno of itibe Suez Onnnl plibtps owned by Great Britain (£32.000.000). AGE OF HDT? SES AS SHOWN f?Y TnETT? TEETH. A foail of fix months has fAx erinders in each jaw, three on each side; also six nippers of front teeth, with a cavity in each. At tho aco of ono year, he loses the first 711 ilk yrrinders above nnd below, piiid front teeth have their cnvities filled up alike io teeth of horses of eight years of age. At arro of two and a half to three yenrs. he casts bis two front uppers, nnd in a short time aftejr tho two next. At acre of four vears. grinders nro six upon ouch side, mid at about four and ■α-hnlf his nippers are all permanent ones, by the replacing of remaining two corner teeth ; tushes then appear, nnd he is no longer a colt, Aft, five n bor.se. bns tuslips, nnd there is a hi nek-coloured cavity in centre of .ill his lower nippers. At six tin's black cavity is obliterntWrl in 'the two front lower nippers. At seven tli<» cavities of the next two nre filled up nnd tushes blunted : <imd nt piVht the cavities of the two corner teeth nro filled up. Hor.s'e. mnv now be said to be ngod. OnvitiVi in nippers of upper jaw nre not obliterated until tho horse is about ten yonr* old, after which tushes become round, nnd nippers prnier-t nnd cbanrre t.horr snrfacp. TO ASCERTAIN TTTR WETGHT OF CATTLE. _ Take tbhe _ measurenient of the siirtli whore it is smallest (cloee behind tho shoulder) and the length of the nnimal from the front of the shoulder to the junction of the tail. Multiply thhe square of tho girth in feet and inches by tho length in feet, and multiply the product by .23, .24, .26, .28. or .30, according to the fatness of tho animal, and the result will give the weight in imperial stones. For instance, if the crirtb of an animal in moderate comTitioin he 6ft, the length sftr 4in, then 6 x 6—36 x 51-3-102 x .24-47.03 stones. The foregoing is tho carense woighlt of *he animal. The weight of the carcase would be about $of the IWo weight for cattle; for shewp, from 1-3 to f; and for a pig, from \ to § the live weight.