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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 October 1915, Page 4

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FOR KEADI' KEFEIUiuN UE. HINTS' TO TRAVELLERS IN Ol'EiN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to ibe traversed and' a long day's journey lies before you, be careful .to make iui early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and bo certain to understand tiiem thoroughly, as time thus spent is not lost on a long day'sjourney. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation withm reach, a mile or two is not lost in making enquiries there regarding your road. Never travel without matches Never take a snort cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction for which you are making. If overtaken by fog, snould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every cliance or a clearance ol Liie flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss, a trade, return ut once without fail to tile point at winch you lost it, and make a irosh start on the right track. It compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yoursolr sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gatnering lire material, grass l'or bed, which place in rear of a llax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussocks around, so as to Iroin a gentle awning to cover the body and • tiiirow the ram olf. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in tho llax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. U 01tjk.--.VLEN 'to I'UK ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible lor accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to affect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than JJI a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. All employer not to be liable in respect ol an injury which is proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is; with letters, etc., attached, 2s (id. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not: exceed £20, Is.; excoed £20, docs not cxceed £50, 2e (id, exceed £00, does not exceed £100, os; cxceed £100, 15s; excced £500, 20s. Award, (same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. Bills of Exchange.—On demand, id.; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, ltij every additional £50 or part ol : £50, ls.; if drawn in a set, sucli sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as u a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—'Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tlie amount of tho consideration for safe 7s (id. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person lor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, IdSO," or any Act amending the same at tlie date when such instrument takes ■ effect, 7s lid. Promissory Notes.—JL'aynient on demand, Id. Payable otherwise than .'>n demand; For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Its. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 2s lid., tho &ame duties as the original instrument; in any other case, <id. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as -would have been payable on a conveyance. Foreclosure order, 10s, Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : .Where rent does not exceed £u0 2s (id,; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s (3d. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality , io,i UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, lit J insurance offices, and hrms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been operated on for six or more years; such (register to be open lor inspection in payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money ;;ot claimed -within two years ol such' noti'.'d is to be paid over to tho Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, j the best of the large sorts—a shape y, j clean-looking bulb, and keeps Ions?" than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brown ■ Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the white-ekiimed va.'LMios are worth growing, except for pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, about ; the middle of -November. Tho soil should be poor, and made linn; sow thickly, and do not thin tho plants. THE FENCING ACT. j ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in* the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or cpntribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line*. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, ac far is practicable, ooutinuoas throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE iW)AD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox I quite; For in driving your carriage along, 5j .If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, | If you turn to the ri#*ht you go | wrong. || But in walking the streets 'tis a dif- | ferent oase; ji To the right it is right wou should steer, ; On the left should be left enough of j olear space j Foi the people ffho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding ls; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ••• 1 23 am. Berne 1 0 a.m. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... ... ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during tho autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surfaco must bo thoroughly pulverised And trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21lis; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliurn teuuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be cad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing tho seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as tho machinc will act. Some prefer +he scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll .previous to mowing; this will save the knives of the movvar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ErC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they aro trespassing; but m the case of unfenced laud, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention of Mich cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A S ACRE. Parley, 2i to 2J bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, ixj 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2j bushels; linseed., for seed, li bushsls; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold > wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush.-?!?; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, l'put; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bus- j hols; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2i bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 2J bushels. I