Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 August 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE.

Steamers leave Wellington for Christchurcli practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from Levin connect with them. There are frequent trips ports further south, such ns Dunedin and The RlufF. Steamers lenvo Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week," and anyone who finds ih'at day inconvenient may get to Sydney from Auckland, wnence a steamer lenves every Monday,, after having voyaged up from Wellington via Napier nnd Gisbome. Tho inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on to southern ports, and from Tho Bluff tihey steam up to Melbourne and la-ter on to Sydney. As a means of ennbling the sender of a letter addressed to a. place abroad to pro-pay tho postage on n reply, the Department issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of Id. These coupons may be exchanged for a postage sftamp of^ the value of 2}d in any country which adopts tho sohome.

New Zealand's population, including that of the Cook Islands and other denendeneies, is now well over one million.

In June-. 1908, tne cstirrvated ponulation 'of London was 4,705,757. The ra'teablp value of property in England niul Wales has risen one}) veal , since 1.874. Tho figures aro as follows :—

In 1874, £113.(148.631. Tn 1888, £145,597.944, Tn 1894, £161.139,575. In 1908, £212, 757, 450

Th'p. total rateable value in 1874 represemits an average of £4 17s Gd per head of population, while in 1908 the average wag £6 per head.

People- are puzzled to know what v> meant by occasional references, in discussions on naval nrmanipn+s. +o tho German Nftvnl Law. Tlie. German Navy Law of 1907 provides for the laying down in each ve.nr from 1908' to' 1911 of three battleships and ono nrmonrecT cruiser; also in each y'onr from 1012 to 1917 of one bat+loship .aiwl venr from 1008 to 1917 of two protectpd cruisers an<l one dostrover.

7».nlnwl's pn!>lie debt nt, 31st March. 1010. amounted to £70.938534. the incrcnse for >fhp twelve months imrnpdiafolv preceding having been £4.484,037. Of this nnrount. £1.200,000 wa.n raised by way of public, works. £1.048,800 nndor th'e- Advances to Settlers and Workers Act. and -R1.n00.000 under the Wellington and Mnnn.watu Railway Purchase Aei. £250.000 was raised under +li<? Troniis to Local Po/lic Aeifc, and £211.495 under the Land for Settlements Act.

Gro.nt Britain's National Debt, on 31 at March, 1909, stood ,<4 £754.121309, being a decrease of £5,704.742 hv comparison vnfh +ho fisuros for tihe ypiar jmmwTliat>ly Aoranist this wpre set down assets totalling £37.1fi0,000. the princinnl i+em being the r.stinunted market vnlne of fihe Sue?; Oanal shares owned bv Gront Britain, rt32.000.000 , ).

age OF rrnnsEP .as shown jjy THETR TEETH. A foail of six months has ctV arinders in each jaw. thfoe on oarh side; also six nippers of front teeth, with n oavitv in each.

At the aero of 0110 year, lie loses the first milk grinders above and below, a.nd front teeth have their cavities filler! up alike to teeth of horses of eight Years of age. At age of two and a. half to I three years. he easts his two front uppers, and in a short time nftcir the two next. At age of four years, panders nre six noon each Ride. and at about four and ia-half his nippers are all permanent ones, liy the replacing of remaining two corner teeth : tushes thpn appear, and he is no longer a rolt, At fire a horse has tushes, and there is a lilnek-eoloured cavity in centre of all his lower nippers. At six this 1)1 nek cavity is obliterated in tho two front lower nippers. At seven the cavities of the next two aro filled 110 and tushes blunted : and at eicrht the cavities of the •+wo corner teeth ara filled up. TTor.s'e mav now he said to be acred. Cavities in nippers of upper jaw nre not obliterated until the horse is about ten years 'old, after which tushes become .round, and nippers project and ohange their surface. TO ASCERTAIN WPI WEIGHT OP OATTLB. Tak« th® measuremani of the <?irfch wher* it ?* smallest (close behind th® shoulder) and tho length of the Animal frosa tho front of th« shoulder to th« junction of tho tail. Multiply thhe soiiiare of the eirth in feet amd inches _by the lencrth in feet, and multiply the product by .23, .24, .26, .28, or .30, according to the fatness of the animal, and the result will five the weight in imperial stones. For instance. if the m'rth of an animal in moderate conditioin be 6ft. the Tenrrth fiftr 4in. then 6 x 6—3fi x n 1-3—192 x .24—47.08 stones. The foregoing is th» carcase weight of the animal. Th« weight of the car- „ case would be about Snf the live weight for cattle: for sheep, from 1-3 to 4: and for a pig, from J to J the live weight.