MAIL HOTES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1915, Page 4

MAIL HOTES.

ilaile cloav ai Levin out Olßce .■> ttudei :— I'oj Wellington (daily), H i.:« . [A r t p.m., and (5.1f) p.m. For Palniertiton North (daily), 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. For Wanganui, New Plymouth and districts (daily) 10.30 a.m. For iVapier and Hawke's Bay district, Master ton and Wairarapa die trict (daily), 10.30 ».m. For Auckland, per Main Trittik coiiuecting at Palmereton North), dady 1.30 a.m. For Weraioa (daily) 8 a.m. tuid 11 a.m. For Ohau and Mftiiakau (daily), 8 A.m. For OUki (dally), 8 a.m. and t 1 p.m Koyutaron, Moutoa, lokomaru, ! inton and Longburu (daily), 10.30 a.m. For Foiton (daily) 10.45 a.m. tid 7 p.m. For Shanmou, 10.30 a.m. *nd 7 p.m. For Te Horo, Waikanae, Paekakariki Plimmerton and .Johnsouville (daily), 4.»0 a.m. For Australian Colonies, United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, Boith Afrioa, India, China, Japan, eto., ■* speoially notified. For United States of America, J*nada etc., ae specially notified. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN A ORE. Uarley, 2k to '2i hueliols; bwios, 2 tu '2i buehelsj buckwheat, or. hrauk, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drille, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, lor feed, 20 to 24 hs; do. for single-line fencing, to tsow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turuiprootetl cabbaye), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for tlax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to-4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth le&e), 2 to 2i 'kjsbels; nainfoiu, giant, 5 bushels; tares. winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2\ bushels; trifoliiwn incarnatum, 24 Ibfi; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubblp. ■i ll)s; wheat, 2\ to 2\ oushels. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vu, the ground should be trenched a« dii'ected for tho vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season ir.uy be gained by sowing the gviu-is 'seed during that month; the surface miiist be thoroughly pulverised jnd trodden down firmly. The following i.s a good mixture, il procurable: — (.'iT'isU'd J)(ig-liiil, 'l\\n<; Ju'stuca temiifoiia, libs; l'*estiK*a durutsnila, L'lbs; l.oliuin U'iiU'f'>li:i |>"i'euni', L'Hlb.s, White (•lover ,'Jlli.s; Trifolinin minor, Sll.is; I'oa NiMiiorHlis nnd ■libs of each. Thip niixiuro will ufh'ce lor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, an<l if kept cut close answers most soiK .Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas sind other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the soode should Ijc deferred till August. Cotniiicnco (o cut as soon ae the machine will act. Some )ieler the Miythe for the tirst time of cutting. .]{oll jdfvitnis lo mowing; this will save the knives ol the mower. TWKLVJ!) ()'(JLIK;iK AT NOON N 'L. MEAN TIME. As compared with • Adelaide ~. JO 0 a.m. Aden 3 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Ameterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne ■• 1 0 am. Bombay • h 21 a.m. Boston . • 7 . l(i p in. Brindisi 1 12 a m Brisbane 10 30 a m. Brussels 6 24 *m.