Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 September 1910, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND r/TAY AT-HOME PEOPLE.

fltenmers leave Wellington for Christchurch practically evory evenin cin the- wpok. Afternoon train? from Levin connect with them There, are frequent trips port* further south, sneh as Dhnedin «nd The Rluff. SrAfimprs leave Wellrne ton for Sydney direct on Friday of Averv week, and anyone who finds f-tnf inennvenient mflv a ot to Rydnev from Auckland, whence n. steamer ln-aves every Monday, after bavin? rovnoWl up from Wei irnaton via Napier and Gisborne. Th" 'nward cte-amors from RvdnpT to Welli" r+ou <ro on to southern ports, and from The Bluff they steam up tn Melbourne and Mer or to Svdnev. As a means of e-nnhhuff the penn<n of' a letter addressed to a plnep abroad to the postnore on fl replv. the T)er.ar+ment iesnes replv eonnons on pnvment of n fee " f Id. These coupons may be exohnn?ed for a pnetaae stamp oMhe value of 2id in any country which adopts the scheme. New Zealand's popnlntin-n. wclndinfr that of the Cook Islands and other dependencies, is now woV over one million. Tn Tune. 1903. the pjrfimfltpd ponulation nf London was 4.795.757. The rateable value of property in Eneland and Wales has risen emch year since 1874. The figures as follows: — Tn 1874, £116.04(1.691. Tn IPSR. £146.827.944. Tn IW4. fi1R1.139.57ri. Tn 1908. £212. 757, 450. Tb'e tnt.al rateable value in 1874 represents an avpraprp 0 f £4 17.<! fid per head of population, while in 19f)8 the average was £fi per hpfld. People are puzzled to know what is mpant hv occasional references, in discussions on naval armaments, to the Carman Naval Law. The German Navy Law of 1907 provides for the laying dmvn in each year from 1908 to 1911 of three battleships and one armoured cruiser; also in ench year from 1912 to 1917 of one battleship an* 7 one armoured cruiser: also in each vear from 1908 to 1917 of two protected cruisers and one destrover.

New public debt at 31s+ March. 1910. amounted to £70.9*8534. "the increase for the twelve months immediatelv preoedipor having been £4.484.637. Of this amount £1.200.000 was raised bv wnv nf public works. £1.048.800 under the Advances to Settlers and Workers Act. and £1.000.000 under the Wellinqrtop and Mannwatu Railway Purchase Act. £250.000 was rnioed under tW Loans to Local Bodies Act, and £211.495 under the Land for Settlements Act. Great Britain's National Debt, on Slst March. 1909. stood at £754.121309. beincr a decrease of £5.704.742 hv comparison wHb +be ficrnres, for #ie rear immedWatelv Aorainst this were set down assets totallino- £37.160.00(1. the princ?rnl item heinrr ecfjniated market value of the Sue? Pana' cb'ares owned by Great Britain (632.000.000) AGE OF ITOTCSTIQ AS RYTrfWN BY TT7ETB TEETH. A foal of .sit month* has rft grinders in each jaw. threo on each side: also <>'.\ nippers of front teeth, with n envi'fv !n eaeb. At the ae-e of one year, he loses flip first n-> ;I V rrrinrlora nhove and below. a"d front- tooth have their cavities fiPed up alike +o teeth of horses of eicht ve.ars of age. At a"-e of f\vn and a half to fhrnp Tf'"', l'e ea«fo his tiro front •mrvers. a"d in a short time after Mie *-vco nevt. \f n<7e of four vearS. (tr'r\r\orc <ire s'"\" upr.i- m.-'i cvlo pTtd at ab^' 4 four a"d ri '' r ilf bis rM-nners "" permanent ones bv the rPplaei'nc of rotia'n'niT tyro eorner : tushes then appear, and lie is no longer a colti ,V+ fro n i-n.w hns tushes, and ■<li'ero ; c n V'i"k .eoloiired cavitv in cen* va ef oil in'e lower ninners \ (■ dv \l-'i l,lir.],- envi + V lo obll'ter n+erl in Mm f-.vn front lower nippers. If coven flio env'+ies O'f the nevl fn*o a v e filled up find tnshps bluntrtrl • mi' 7 nt +hp einvi+io" of ffie fn-o fn'iior teefh are filled im. TTorse mav now he said to he ncorj PTri+'ei! ,'n Ti?T>ner<! of lirtner iiir ore not. obliterated until the horep is jiliopt fen venre old, whieh tlishoo hannma ronnfl, r>nd -nTnner l ? project and change their surface. TO ASCERTAIN TTTW WETGTTT OF OATTTiE. Take +ha measurement of the nrirth where it is smallest (close behind the shoulder) and tho lencrth of the animal froiw the front of the shoulder to the junction nf the fill. MnHin'v tl'he snnare of 'ho odrth in feet and inches bv the length in feet, and mnltmlv the product by .23, .24, .26. .28, or .30. according to the fatness of the animal, and the result will edve the weieht in imperial stones. For instance, if fh'e onrfh of an in moderate conditioin he 6ft. the Teuorfh sftr 4?n. then 6 T 6—3R t Kl-3—192 x .24—47.08 stones. The foresfoiner ig fho eareane weieht of the animal. The weight of the enronse would be about |of the live wpiVht for'enttlo; for flh'eep. from 1-3 to f; and for a pig, from \ to j the live weight.