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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 October 1915, Page 4

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FOlt READY REFERENCE,

HINTS TO TRAVELLERS

IN OPEN COUNTRY

11 unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start in the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as tiino thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost m making cn<iuiiries there regsu'ding vour road.

iNevor travel without matches Never take a snort cut over swampy or unknown ground.

Always follow sheep or cuttlc tracks in tho direction for which you aro making.

11 overtaken by fog, Kiiould you know a point guide yourself by it, aud embrace every chalice of a clearance ol tho llyiug mist, howevor slight, to tliscorn a known object to guido your path.

Should you miss a track, return at once without fail to tho point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track.

11 compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourseli sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which place in rear of a liax bush. If raining, tie the ends ol tho llax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to lill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. WORKMEN'S OOMPEN SAT lON FOR ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible lor accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit ol liability where death results, JUSO, but nothing in Act to allect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity lor work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less i,lian JUI a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect ol an injury winch 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 Ud. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not excecd £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £00, 2s (3d, excecu £00, does not excecd £100, os; exceed £100, 15s; exceed £500, 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £IUOO, 20s; exceeds £1000, iios. Bills ol' Exchange.—On demand, id.; otherwise than on demand, ii running singly, lor any amount not exceeding jluU, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty as u a single bill were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale; For every £50 or part ol £50 of tho amount ol the consideration for sale. is (id. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person lor a nominal consideration or where no eonsideratlon pusses, lor every £50 or part of £<30 of the amount or value ol the property convoyed or ',truw>l'orred or assessed uiider "The Property Assessment Act, iSSO," or any Act amending the same at the date when such instrument takes effect, 7s tid. Promissory Notes.--Payment on demand, Id. Payable otherwiso than .11 demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and uot exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 2s 13d., the same duties as the original mstrUfment; in any other case, 2s (3d, Land Transfers.—Uenerally speakiug, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Foreclosure order, 10s, Lease, or Agreement to Lease, Avitliout any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £o0 2s (id, j for overy additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality , iOa UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, lif-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 lias not been operated on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection cr. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seut to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years ol audh notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, it' of a good strain, ■&, the best of the large sorts—a shape'y, cltan-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Golden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish axe all excellent late keepers. None of the white-skinned va.-iMioa are worth growing, except for pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing