Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND .STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE. Steamers leave Welliinsrtan for CThristchnrcli practically every evenina in the week. Afternoon trains from Levin connect with thoni. There are frequent trips to_ port. l ? further south, such ns Dinwiin and The BlufT. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who find's that d;->v inconvenient nrav e»t to Sydney from Auckland, whence a .steamer leaves everv Monday, after havincr vnvarred up from Wellington via Napier and Gishorne. The .inward steamers from Svdnev to Wtillinc'nn cro on to southern ports, and from The Bluff they steam up to Melbourne and later on to Sydney. As a means of enablino! the sender of a letter .addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on n replv, the Department issues reply coupons on payment, of a fee of Id. These coupons may he exchanced for .a postage .stamp of the value of 2Sd in any country which adopts the scheme. New Zealand's population, including that of the Cook Islands ond otlior dcp-ndencief!, is now well over onn million. Tn .Tune, 1008. the estiniatcd population of T.ondon was 4.705.707. Tl'e rateabli' value of property in En eland and Wales has risen each voav since IR7I. The fisrures arc os follows: — Tn IR7-I. Cllo.Wfi.fiSl. Tn ISSfi. .€115.^7.011. Tn IROI, Clfil.lW.n7o. Tn IPOS. C 212, 757. 150. The total rateable value in 187-1 rep-re.sen-ts an avevjigi* of C I 17s fid net head of population, while in 100H the average was Cfi per head. People are puzzled to know what 's meant hv occasional references, in discussions on naval armaments, to the C!»rmnn Naval Law. The Hernia" ,-.f 1 on? ■p-.-n vines for the Taring down in oacl; vear from 1008 to 1011 of three hnt.fleshins and one .armoured eruiser: nbn in each y'tvir from 1012 to 10'7 of one hat lleshirt and Tie n»*niotirrd cni',<-or: nU-o oach voar from 1008 1017 of two protcled cruisers and one de.s.trovpr. Now /".'iland's' puhli' l debt at Rlct At'ireh. 1010. .niiionnted to 511. fh- 1 for the twelve months iminediat'dv precedni" - liavilirr f ~|Bl Of this aniount -PI .200.000 was raised bv «-av of public work.s. CI.OIB.fiOO inv'i'r the Advances to Settlors and Workers \ct. and CI .000 000 rn'lo r Mio Wellinfrton .and Manawa+u Pailwav Purdias" ct. P-moon 'vs rii r '- od -Mv'er <be T -.o, T.o-,1 T?ofli..c. Act. and C 211.105 under the Land fir SoHlenvMits \o t. Groat Britain's National D<>bt. ot> nic.f Mareli. 1000. sloml at C 751.191. HOP, boinfi; a deTease of C5,70(.7'2 K" o^nin 0 n.s'ui v-'*b fe'uro.s fr.y the voir immed|!.!ite.lv nreccliinsr. \f.ainst fbis sef rbawn assot.s 'otallin'i p Cn7.100.n00. the pj-ineinal item bein't the estimated market wine of the Si'« 7 Canal share.s own«d by Great Britain (C.19.000.000V \GE OF nOPSF=! \S STTOWN MY TRFTP TEFTTT. A foal of six months has m't Grinders in each jaw. three on each side; also six nippers of front teeth, wi'li a cavify i" ea'di. At the n ,Y e of one yonr. he loses flu. first mil'" Trind"rs nbove and bidow. and front t<>nth have their cavities fil'"d un alike to teeth of houses of eiVlit years of nrre. At a'Te of two and a half to three years, he casts his two front uppers, and in a short time nfter the it wo next. At ase of four vears, grinders are six nnnn each side, and at about four and ..a-half his nippers are all Herniation!' ones, hv the replacing of v<*maiuin!r two corner teeth : tushes M">n appear, and ho is no longer a col t At five a horse has tushes, and there is -a bl.aek-colonred cavity in centre of all his lower nippers. At, six this black cavity is obliterated in the two front lower nippers. At seven the cavities of the next t"-o aro filled up and tushes blunted : „<ind at oiedit the cavities of the f--o corner teeth aro filled up. TTor.se, nviv now be said to he aired. Tavities in nippers of upper jaw i!-" not obliterated until the horse is .about t'm years old. after which, tushos become round, and nippers project and chance their snrfaeo. TO ASCERTAIN THE WETGTIT OF CATTLE. Take t.ho measurement of the e-irth where it is smallest Mose behind the shoulder) and the length of the finimal from the front of tin* shoulder to thf junction of the tail. Multiply thlie snuare of the <>jrtli in feet and inches hv the. lentrth in feet, and multiply the uroduct by .53, .24, ,2fi. .28, or .30, according to the fatness of the aniiwil, and the result will give the weight in imperial stones. For instance, if the rdrth of an animal in moderate conditioin he fift, the lon<rt.h sftr 4in. then fi x fi—.lfi x 1 51-3—102 x .21—47.08 stones. The foregoing is the carcaso weight of . the animal. The weight of the carcase would he about fof the live weirrht for cattle; for sheep, from 1-3 to 1: and for a pier, from J to $ the live weight.