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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 October 1915, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE,

HINTS TO TRAVELLERS

IN OPEN COUNTRY

It unknown ground is to bo traversed and a Jong day's journey lies before you, bo caretul to make au early start ia the uioi'uiug, ascertain loading directions before starting, and bo certain to understand thorn thoroughly, as timo thus spont is nol lost on a iong day's _ journey. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation withm reach, a mile or two its not lost :n making ouyuiiries there regarding your road. .Never travel without matches iNovor take a snort cut ovur swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in tiho dirootion ior wiiich you are making. If overtaken by fog, suould you know a point guide yourself oy it, and embrace every cliance 01 a clearance ui tlie flying wist, liowover slight, to uis- - corn a known object to guide your path. 3 Should you miss a track, return at once without tail to tne point at vviiicii you lost it, and make a iresh start -jn the right track. 11 compelled to cauip out overnight, choose a siieltored spot uelore darknci>s sets in, giving yoursoii suiiicieut tiuie i to complete all put&ible arrangements lor personal coJiilort under such untoward circumstances in tlio way of gatnering tiro material, grass lor bed, which place ui rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends ol the llax to tussock around, so as to Ironi a gentle awning to cover the body and tiuow Lho rain off. This, with tussocks to nil up Uio gaps in Lhe flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters lor jJio night as many suppose. \\ OllliAllfiiVS COMi'JLNfcSA'imN i'UK AUJIJJEiSitJ. Employers are made responsible lor ' accident to workmen under certain cuu- ,' ditions. Limit oi liability whoro death results, £oU, bub nothing in Act to alfect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity lor ' work results from the injury, compensation to bo a weekly payment not less than XI a week, and total liability oi employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect ol l an injury which in proved to be directly attributable to the serious and will ill mibcoiiduot of the worker. STAMP DUllluS. Agreement of Memorandum oi Agreement, Is; with letters, etc., attaciied, ' 2s (id. Appraisomeut ol Valuation where ttio amount does not: exceed £2U, Is.; vx.ceed does not exceed JJiJO, 2r> bd, exceed JtoO, does not exceed £100, on; . exceed JJIOO, iss; exceed I'OUO, 20s. Award, wime as Valuations, except exceeds I'oOO but not ,UoUU, 2Us; ei- , ceeds xIUUO, Ho*. JjilJs of liixcliangc.- -Un liemand, ul. , otherwise than on doiuaiul, it running singly, ior any amount not exceeding JJSU, Ik; every additional JJoU or pari oi" £50, lα.; ii drawn in a but, *ucli slim upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty a<s n a single bill fc were drawn for Uie amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale. : . i'or every JU<3L) or part oi JCoV oi Hie amount oi the consideration lor sale ' 7a lid. Any iiiiitruiueut wlicreby any proporI ty is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person lor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, lor every £oU or part oi >C<jU ui tiie amount or value oi the property • conveyed or transferred or lussessed uii- | der "The Property .Usoxauoiit Act, idtij," or any act amending the «w :i at tiie date when (such instrument take* I elfect, 7jj (id. ■ Promissory Xotes.—ray men ton du- ■ niarnl, Id. Payable otherwise than .'ii ■ demand: i'or sum not exceed- ■ m≤ Jt2s, od, ; exceeding JL'2o and uul ; exceeding JJoU, is.; every additional I JJuU or part of JJol), Its. Duplicate or counterpart of any in- ! strunient chargeable 'with duty, wliery such duty does not amount to 2.s UU., ; the same duties as the original iu»tia- : nient; in any other case, 2s (id. Land Transfers.—Uenerally spoakmg, : the same duties a«> would have been payable on a conveyance. i Jforeolosure order, IDs, ', Lease, or AgreemenL to Loiitic, without any consideration by uay ol premium; Where rent does not exceed L-jO 2s (id,; ior every additional X6U or part of JUSU, 2s (id. ; For aiiy instrument alf acting a parti- ? tiou of lands upon any consideration J exceeding £100 by way of equality, J.U* UNCLAJAJLJiD MONJiYii iivery company (.including banks, liij ; -iiiKiiranco oflices, and Urms acting iis ; agents or private bankers lor indivrl■uals or coinpauicsj must yearly regis- :' tor all unclaimed moneys in the colony I in an account which has not been opor- ■ ated on for six or more years; such ." α-egistor to be open ior inspection tr. i payment of a lee; register to be pwL- ! lislied iu the New Zealand Goveruvien;.' ■ Gazette annually; notice to be sent to ;.; last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money ;iot I claimed within two years oi such nota'a is to be paid over to the Colonial Trass- . urer. I ONION CULTURE. f Ailsa Craig, it' of a good strain, '•*, \ the tost of the large sorts—a shapfl .V. i clian-lookiiig bulb, and keeps longer J than the BioivjU Globe, Ci.l----j den Klobe, James's Keeping, and Brown I Spanish aa - o all excellent late keepers. i None of the whito-skinnod vajutios aro I worth growing, except for pickling. ■ Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing J 1 ~" ■ ' " '

1 seed of White Queen or some sort, about j tlio middle ol ftbvomuor. Tho soil ' rsjiould bo poor, and inado firm; mhv thickly, and do uol Chin tho plants. WOUKJSBS , 'DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by Iho Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers employod 01 resident in boroughs any buildings suitable lor workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable lor the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. Jjy section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 11)13, Councils are furl hor empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. Tho sectioi* vides tliat a Council may (1) lot laud to a worker for the purpose oi' erecting u. worker's dwelling j (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker <i.uy separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repaymeut of advances and tho payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. ■ THE FENCING ACT. i&KJaCTION OF "FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned iu the Second Schedule :b a sufficient fence within the moaning of tne Fencing Act (e.7). The occupiers of adjoiniug lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween such lauds, although such fence may not exteud along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, an far aa practicable, wniinaoas thiunghoiib ite length. THE RULES OF THE itOAD. The Rule of the Itoad is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the loft you are «mre to go right, If you turn to tho ripht you go wrong. Hut in walking the elreete 'tis a different cu&e; To the right it is right wou shodld steer, Oil the lefi should bo loft enough of clear space Foi the people /rho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER, Tender oF uionew may legally be made —in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amouut not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, uot exceeding 10s; iu tli ecaso of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 34 Vic. c. lU, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Hank notes are now legal tender >n Now Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ol the bank o[ i;-Mie ("Hank Note Issue Act, 1893 '' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden 8 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 a in. 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 hm. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vu, tho ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared iu March, a season nay be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must 1)0 thoroughly pulverised ,uid trodden down firmly. The following i.s a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, Dili's; Festuea teuuifo!ia. 41bs; Kestuca durueciila, 21bs; Loliutu tenuilolia perenno, 201bs; Whito clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens ■libs of eacfi. This mixture will r,uflice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and il kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad Ironi any seedsman. iSome of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the semis should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as t»oon 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, EIC. All liwpiiM.sinjj; cattle may bo )'rn pounded by the occupier of the land oji which they ;uo trespassing; but in the caso of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled lo claim any damages except fees for driving, or /or giving notice of tho detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AS ACRE.

tfarley, 2i to ZJ bushels; beane, 2 lo 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brauk, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb ; canary, 3 pkgs; u».JTot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1-, to 17 lbs; fiiran or gorso, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; do. for .siiigle-Jiiio fencing, to sow one inilo, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (Uiraiprooled cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linsotxl, for Hewl, li bushels; 'iucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, Xu Jbs; Jimstaid, .white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grase (if drilled, one-fourth leee), 2 to 2J T>uehels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2i bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2£ bushels; trifoHura incarnatuiu, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubblo, j i lbs; wheat. 2J to 2} bushels.