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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 October 1915, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRA\ELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 11 unknown ground is to .be traversed and a long day s journey lies belore you, be careful to make an early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before Btartiiig, and be certain Lo understand them thoroughly, as tunc thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you lose your way, and know ot any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost in making enquiries there regarding vout road. Never travel without matches Nover take a snort cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or catllc track.-, in liho direction lor which you are making. 11 overtaken by fog, snoiild you know a point guide yoursefl uy it, and embrace every chance oi a clearance oi the flying mist, however slight, to uiscorn a knonn object to guide your path. Should you miss a track, return at once without fail to Wio point at ufucJi you lost it, and make a lresfi start on the right track. if compelled to camp out overnight, chooso a sheltered spot ueloro dariiuess sets in} giving yoursoli sullicient tune to complete all possible arrangements lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the u uy of gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which place in rear of a llax bush. If tuning, tie the ends oi the nax to tussocks

around, so as to irom a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to till up the gaps in the liax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters lor .the night as many supposw. WORKMEN S eoMt'EA.SATJON FUJI ACOIJJEN 1 s. Employers are made responsible lor accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit oi liability where .death results, Jb'oo, but nothing in Act to alloc t- employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity lur work results from the injury, compensation to be a weeiify payment not less than ill a week, and total liability ui employer not to excced JJoUO. An employer not to be liabie in respect, ol an injury winch is proved to bo directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct ol the worker STAMP DU'l I L.S Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, la; with letters, etc., attached, 2s lid. Appraisement ol \ afuation where the amount does not exceed £21), is.; oxceed JU2U, does not exceed AloU, -sod, exceed JJoU, does not exceed .fcIUU, exceed £100, iu<>; exceed .LoUU, 20s. Award, same as Naluafioiia, except exceeds JJoUO but not JWI'UU, 2Us; cxceetls JUIOOO, ilos. Uiils ol Exchange.- Un demand, nl.. otherwise than on demand, il ruuning o.ngly, lor any amount net. exceeding .i_OU, is; every additional £o0 or parr ot £60, Is.; if diawn ill a set, .sucti t,iiin upon each bill ol ilie set as to nuiKo up the same uuiy ;u> u a single bill were drawn lor Uie amount. Umvoyauce. —com oyanci! <m sale . I'or every £o0 or part oi JL'oO ol I lie amount ol the consideration lor sate is (id. Any instrument whereby any piopei ■ 1.) io legally or equitably 1 1 auk-teiied io or vetsied ui any person toi' a nominal consideration or wheie no _consideration passes, lor oveiy £o0 or part oi .tou ei tne aiiionnt or value oi the property conveyed or trauslerred oi' assessed under "the Property Act, ia6o," or any .*ei. amending the .»aim: at tne ilalc u licjl such iii.>ri'uineiit takc» efleet, is till. Promissory Notes, t aynioiit on demand, Id- Payable otherwise than ,'h demand: I'or every sum not exceeding £26, (id,; exceeding £26 and not exceeding £6U, is.; every additional £60 or part ol £60, is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Oil., tho same duties as the original instrument; in any other case, 2s (id. Laud Transfers.—lieneraily speaking, the same duties as would have, beon payable oil a convoyance. Foreclosure order, 10s, Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way oi preui.iuni; - Where rent docs not exceed £o0 iis (id,; lor every additional £o0 ol' part «jf £50, 2s (id. For any instrument allecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality , J-0.3 UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, lif j iiiifjurance offices, and firms 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 oper ated on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection ir. 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 not claimed within two years oi such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE

|s Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, i 'the best of the largo sorts—a shape y, !| <oitan-looking bulb, and keeps longer Is 'than the Roecas. .Brown Globe, (•<•:•! • j don Gbbe, James's Keeping, and Bron n Spanish aro all excellent late keepers None of the white-ski lined va.-iMies arc worth growing, except for pickling, i Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White or some sort, about the .middle oi 'jJTovoniiior. The soil hliould bo poor, anil mado firm; vow thickly, and-do not Lliin tlio plants

WORKERS' DWELLINUS,

Borough Councils are ompowored by (he Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, auil render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to bo in the hands of the Council.

By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1013, Council's are furl'.or empowered in regard to workers' ihvollings. The section vides that a Council may (I) let land to a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable hini to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker any separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT.

ERECTION OF FENCES

A fence ol any of the kinds mentioned iu the Second Schedule :s a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7).

The occupiers ot adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection ot a fence oetwoen such lands, although 6uch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line* But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, M far aa practicable, continuous tbioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ivOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, If you turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'Ub a different c:ise; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people a 1 ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally bo made- -iu the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ca.se of silver coiua, uot exceeding 40s; in th ecase ol gold coins for any amount, unless coiued prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 3-J Vic. e. 10, sec. '1, and Royal ProclamaI inn 2U, Nov., 1800). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first cbaige on the assets ol the bank ol iseiiH ("Bunk Note Isaue Act, 1893 " 'nviavh' o'clock at noon n />. MEAN TIME. As rompmed 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 in, Borne 1 0 a.m. Bombay S 21 a.m. Boston ... . ... 7 IU p.ni. Rrindifi.i 1 42 a in. Brisbane ... 10 30 a oi. Brussels ... 6 24 *m. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a laivn, the ground should he trenched directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n:ay bo gained by sowing the f;rass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down" firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable: — Crested Dog-tail, 21bis; Festuca tenuiFolia, libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium teuuifolia perenne, liOlbs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens •libs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any soedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, Kl'C

All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupier of the land on which they aro trespassing; but in the caso of un fenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or lor giving notice <>j the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Uarley, 2{ to ZJ bushels; beam, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, Im to 17 lbs; furzo or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line leneing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage),"to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, d lbs; linseed, for flax, 21 bushels; liiiseed, for seed, 11 bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, T) to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pKt; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2f bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifoliuni iucarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 21 bushels.

(Continued.) Our men bear them 110 ill-will—ex-cept, perhaps, in tlie ease oi the tiiiiper whose .legitimate sport for some reason or other, they will not : tolerate. On Tuesday, in the half-light before the dawn, the Turks suddenly tamo pouring over the crest of Chunuk Hair, and swooped down upon our position in superior numbers. A* d:nvn broke wo could see tlicin bravely rushing down across the lire-swept slopes of Chiinuk Hair into a gully to the right of our srpports 011 Rhododendron ilidgo. Evcjry now and Uien a man would stagger and fail headlong down the slope, and remain prone 011 a bare patch, or rise and limp away into the scrub or one of the topmost trenches lor shelter. Meantime the Now Zealand guns had got to work with deadly accuracy. Shrapnel bursting on the upper slopes almost completely wiped out whole groups of tho enemy scattered amongst the scrub. The hig guns and the secondary armament on the cruisers were also at work and shattered the topmost Turkish trenches v ilh tho lorcet'ul lyddite. It was too much lor all but the bravest Turks anil presently numbers began to climb laboriously back up the slopes they had so valiantly charged down but a few minutes before. On these retreating Turks our shrapnel played, and after the dust of each successive burst had cleared a\v;iy there would be only two or throe men where a lew seconds previously there had been a. dozen or a score These continued their light, some binding down in an endeavour U) escape notice, others limping along, and still others strolling slowly back with fatalistic unconcern., One wounded man came out of a hail of shrapnel, limped up tho slopes and over the crest of the rdge Tnto safety 011 the Dardenelles side, though many a sTTot must have (alien about hum. One TTecame absorbed in his progress, and though he was an enemy, felt almost pleased when finally his silhouette disappeared over the skyline.

Tho battle raged tlirongliopf Sko ■whole morning, but the Turkish onrush had .been stemmed by our gun-tiro and by the rifles and machine-guns as well, tt was, however, the gunners' day out, and tliev certainly took lull advantage of it. There was scarcely a. Turk left alive in that gully, nor on the slopes, though some had managed to crawl back into the trendies, anft over the crest of Clinnnk Bair.

When day closed t-Tio Turks were sadly shaken oil tho battered crest, of Oilimulc Bnir. but fot]) sides had fought ron standstill. There is a point in human endurance nt. which tho most rutins*} battle along; a narrow front must cease. and that potht had now been readied. The gains tverr entirely on our side. We had driven tho Turk out of his advanced positions, and pushed our own line forward to a favonrrbl<> point, and by God's grace and our strong bayonet arm wo still hope to plant our flag once more—and tin's next time permanently—on the crest of Chunnk Bair.