WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 November 1915, Page 4

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

.Borough Councils are empowered by iho 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, and render theni suitable for tho same purpose, the lotting to be in tho hauds of the Council. iiy section 52 of the Municipal (Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils a-re further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker for the.purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker jmy (separate worker's dwelling. Provision 18 made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. TEE FENCING AOT. EREOTIOiN 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 contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween such lands, although euch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ie not, m far is praotieable, continuous throughout ite length.

THE RULES OF THE M>AD. The Rule of the Road is a parados quite; .For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are <mre to go right, If you turn to tho ripht you go wrong. But iii walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shojld steer, On the left should bo left enough of clear space Foi the people A'ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender oF monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for uny amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for auy 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 Now Zealand and are tstill a first charge on the assets oi the bank of ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ '/. MKAN J'll.iE.

LAVING Di>\V.V A I.AWN When it ia desired to form a la.vn, tliu ground should be trenched at diieciod tor the vegetable garden any ii nit: during the autumn. If the plot can !iy prepared in March, a season ii ay be gained by sowing the ;',ru.ss seed during tiiai ni-'iitli; (lie surfjc*must, bd tliorongliiv pulveri.si-ii ,uni tiodtii'ii down firmly. The following i.-- a good mixture, if procurable: —

Civs!.■>'! lilUs; Festnca louuifolin, libs; KestiKi.'i dur.isculii, 211)3; Loliii'ii lemiifolin porenno, 201bs; White driver ,2lbs; Trifolium minor, bibs ; Poa Nenioralis and Senipervirons 411). M <>f <'acfi. Thin mixture will 'uffiro for linlf an aero, and wil! form r. very good lawn, and if kept cut <:losi> answers wost soils. Special iin'xt'jros for laying down lawns may also bo nad from niiy seodsinan. >Sonie of -jur iiafivn j)oas ami otlier grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes, ii the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing tho soeds should lie deferred til! August. CoMiiiience to cut as soon as the iiiaciiiue will act. Some irefer tho scythe for the tirst tiiuo of cutting. 801 l previous to mowiag; this will save the kuives oi tho mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EfC.

All trespassing cattle may be iui pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced laud, the occupier is not entitled to ciaiiii any damages except fees for driving, or Jot giving notice of the detention of such cattle, us provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. jtJarley, 2J to 2j bushels; beane, 2 to 2 J bushels; buckwheat, or brauk, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, '.. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 !bej 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, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, 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 grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2 J bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2} bushels; trifoliunn iricarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 Ibe; wheat* 2i to 2} bushels.

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