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Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 November 1915, Page 4

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FOlt READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If uu'kuown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo careful to make an early start ui the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and bo certain to understand them thoroughly, as time 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 n making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matches, .Never take a short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction for which you are making. fl overtaken by fog, snould you know a point guide yourself by it, aud embrace every chance ol a clearance ot the Hying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail tj the point at which you lost it, aud make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, chuoso a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which placo in rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the ram off. This, with tussocks to fill up +>he gaps iu the flax covering, will make nut such uncomfortable quarters for flic night as many suppose. . WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOB ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for ! accident to workmen under certain con- ■ ditious. Limit of liability whore death ' results, £50, but nothing in Act to al- ■ feet employers' ordinary civil liability. ■ Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, eompeuI satiou to be a weekly-payment not less i than £1 a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £501). An employer not to be liable in respect ol an injury which is proved to be directly i attributable to the serious and wilful ' misconduct of the workw\ » STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agrce--1 mont, fs j with letLers, etc., attached, > 2s (3d. l Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not. exceed £21), Is.; ) coed £20, does not exceed £50, , exceed £50, does not exceed £100, exceed £100, ius ; excced £500, 20s. , Award, same as Valuations, except > exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; OXi coeds £1000, 355. Bills of Exchange.—On demand, id,; I otherwise thau on demand, if running I singly, lor any amount not exceeding LoO, io; every additional £00 or part I u 1 £60, Is.; if drawn in a set, such - ijii'iii upon each bill ol the set as to malic up Lho same duty as n a single bill were drawn for Uie amount. Conveyance. -Conveyance on safe: l'or every £50 or part ol £50 of tlio amount of the consideration lor sale h (id. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person ior a nominal consideration or where no consideration parses, lor every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, i 885," or any Act amending the same at the dale when such liistrum^^^^^^ 1 Promissory Notes.—Payment ofPtKr 1 maud, Id. Payable otherwise than demand: Eor every sum not exceeding £25, Ud,; exceeding £25 and not 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 instrament; in any oUi or case, 2s (id. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. 1 Foreclosure, order, 10s. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium ; Where rent does not exceed £ud 2s (3d, j for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. Eor any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, iO> UNCLAIMED MONEYS livery company (including banks, lif-J , insurance offices, and firms acting a 9 agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open ior inspection cr. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years oi Budh notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. I ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, m, the best of the large sorts—a shape'y, clt an-looking bulb, and keeps than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Ovlden Globe, James's Keeping, and Bro* n Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the white-skinned v».'!dtios are worth growing, except for pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, about I the middle of November. Tho soil should bo poor, and mado linn; .vow thickly, and do not thin tho plants. J WORKERS' DWELLINGS. i Borough Councils are empowered by | Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect ior the occupation of workers employed or resident iu boroughs any buildings , suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for tho same purpose, the letting to bo in tho 'hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Muuicipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectiou 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 laud and build a worker's dwelling "thereon; (3) sell to a worker any separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the ropaymcut of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. TEE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule :s a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoiuing lauds not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal pio portions to tho erection of a fence oe tween such lands, although such feuce may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which if not, as far fta practicable, continuous throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE IiOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you boar to the left you are dure to go right, If yon turn to the ripbt you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a dif~«jJerent case; right it is right wou should On theleft Bhould bo left enough ot clear space Foi the people A'ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—iu tile cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase of gold coins for any Kiount, unless coined prior to the gu of Queen Victoria (33' and 31 is. c. 10, sec. 4, aud Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1800). Bauk notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a fir,st j charge on the assets ol the bank ot issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 : TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIM!*:.

DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, tho ground should be trenched as directed for the vefiet.iibio garden i*iiv time during the autumn. If the can be prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the seed during thaiyijoiifcb ; tho surface must bo tliorraHnjb pulverised and trodden down Tbe following is a good mixture, it procurable: - Crested Dog-tail, 2115k; folia, -libs; Kestueu duruscOT^c®2lbs, Loliuiti tonuifolia perenno, 2()lb.s; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoraiis and Senipervirens 41 ba of each. This mixture will 'uftico for hall' an aero, 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 seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably ior lawn purposen. If the ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as tho machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the tirsfc timo of cutting. 1101 l previous to mowi.ig; this will save the knives of the mowar. Impounding cattle, eic. All trespassing cattle may bo im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, tho occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or fo: giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. I Parley, 2} to 2| bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brauk, I.J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o»;rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1* to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line loncing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turaiprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J buslia.'s; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbe; outs, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pi£t; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter,. 2J bushela; <Jo., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolium incarnatuin, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip atubbl«, 4 lbs; wheat- 2J to 2} bushels.

As compared with--Adelaide 10 U a.in. Aden ... ••• 3 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 ft .tu. Amsterdam 0 <50 a.in. Berlin 1 23 a :u. Berne ' 1 0am Bombay 5 21 a >n. Boston . . .... ... 7 16 p m. Brindisi ... •• 1 1*2 a in. Brisbane ... 10 HO a >n. Brussels 6 21 t in.