MAIL HOTLS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 September 1915, Page 4

MAIL HOTLS.

Mails clo&e at Loviu o-i C)ii;.vi under ;— l''oi" Wellington d \:i i.)\i p.m., and (J. 15 p.m. For Palniorstou North (daily), i'J.3l) a.m. and 7 p.m. For Wanganui, New Plymouth aud districts (daily) 10.30 a.m. For Napier and Hawke's Bay :<ia- j trict, Master ton aud Wairarapa dia trict (daily), 10.30 a.m. For Auckland, per Main Trunk 'connecting; at Palmereton fs'orth), daily 1.30 a.m. For Weraroa (daily) 8 a.m. and l\ a.m. For Oliau and Mr,ziakau (dwily), d a.in For Otaki (daily), 8 a.m. ami I i p. in 'lioputaroft, Mouloa, l'okomaiu, : inton and Longburn (daily), 10.30 am. For Fox ton (daily) 10.45 a.m. i'id 7 p.m. For Shannon, 10.30 a.m. fend 7 .i.-u. For To Horo, Waikanae, Paekfikariki I'iiuimorton and JohnsonviJl- (''eii?) 4.30 a.m. For Australian Colonic. ri::t.K ! Kingdom, Continent of iiurope. Africa, Indi.'i, China, Japan, en-., « specially notified For United States of America '-an ada etc.. ae upecially notified. dJfilfiDti REQUIRED TO SOW A N ACHE. isarley, 2i to l'{ bushels; beans, 2 lu ■>\ bushels; buckwheat, or brauk, 1£ bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to tvaiifr plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; i-"yr'jt in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. m 17 ibs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, tor flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for Bcetl, li buslnls. lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushdls; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye 2£ to 3 bushels; rye grass (il drilled, one-fourth kui), -' to 21 bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2* bushels; do., spring. 2 tv 2$ bushels; trifoliiKu incarnatum, 2-i lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble. 4 lbs; wheat, 2i to 2J bushels. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vii. the, ground should be trenched at: directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be • prepared in March, a season n:ay be gained by bowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must he thoroughly pulverised .uid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— CresU"! Dog-tail, 21b".s; Kestuca teiiuifoiia. -libs; duruscula, 21hs, LoJium t<M]uil'olia peronue, 20lbs; White clover ,2!bs; Trifolium minor, iSlbs; l'oa Nemoralis and Somperviren.s •llljp of eacfi. This mixture will uflice for half an aero, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also bo nad from any seedsman. tSome of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should bo deferral till August. Commence to cut as soon as tlii3 machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first tinio ol cutting. Hull previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.

TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden 3 31 a.m. Alexandria. 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 a.m. Berne .. 1 0 a.m. Bombay ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 '16 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 Im.