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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1915, Page 4

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Jj'OlV READY''RKITJfiRENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to .bo traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start in the morning,- ascertain loading 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, 1 and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two.-is not lost '?h making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matches. Never take a short out over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction for which you are making. it overtaken by log, snould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance of a clearance of the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail to the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to oamp out overnight, choose 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 lire material, grass for bod, which place in rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the Max to tussocks around, so as to .from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the uight as many suppose. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION if Oil ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to affect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to bo liable in respect oi an injury which 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 od. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, oxcoed £50, does not exceed £100, 6s; exceed £100, 15s; exceed £500, 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 0-08. JJiils of Exchange,— Un demand, id.; otherwise than on demand, if running .singly, for any amount not exceeding CSO, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the sot as to make up the same duly as ii a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: i'or every £50 or part ol £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale. /s (id. Any instrument whereby any property is fegaliy or equitably transferred to or vested in any person for a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," oi- any Act amending the same at the date when such instrument takes effect, 7s tid. Promissory Notes.—Payment on de- ; uiand, Id. Payable otherwise than on demand: Eor every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with d"iity, whera such duty does not amount to 2s bd., the same duties as the original instrument ; in any other' case, 2s (kl. Laud Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. foreclosure order, 10s. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £60 2s (id,; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. Ear any instrument affecting a partition of lands, upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, lOa UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including hanks, lift) insurance offices, and arms acting as agents or private bankers for indivHuals 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 lor inspection m payment of a fee; register to be Polished in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such noties is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, ( the hest of the large sorts—a shape'y, oitan-looking bulb, and keeps longer , than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gv'lden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish are all excellent late koepera < None of the white-skinned v»-'idtios are | worth growing, except for pickling, j Pickling-onions afe obtained by sowing

FEELING OF NAUSEA. ] The old saying "Coming events cast { their shadows hetore" is especially true of a bilious attack. You will have ] warning of its approach. Your appe- J tite will fail, you will feel dull and languid and have a feeling of nausea. As won as any of these symptoms appear take three of Chamberlain's Tablets and the attack may be w»rded Off. By • taking a course of Obamberlain'g Tablets you will he permanently relieved c of all bilious tendencies. a

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor,- and made firm; nowthickly, and do not thin the plants, WORKERS' DWELLINGS. .borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or reaident in boroughs any. buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Councilinay (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 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. j ERECTION OF FENCES,. A fence of any of the kinds mention- - ed in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). I The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in. or oontribute. in equal proportions to the erection of ft fence between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, aa far as praotittbto* ceatinuous throughout its length. TEE RULES OF THE itf)AD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are iure to go right, If you turn to the riptht you go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different onse; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people Jcho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze-coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins- for any 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 New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 "' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... ... 3 SI a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 0a mBombay 5 21 am. Boston 7 46 p ra. Brindisi 1 42 a ra. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 ■» m. LAYING, DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n:ay be gained by cowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised <vnd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lFfs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium teuuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,2ibs; Trifolium minor, Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41ba of eac6. This mixture • will '•uffice for half an acre, and will form n very good lawn, and if kept out-close answers most 6oils, - Special mixtures for laying doan lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses' would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds .should De 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,; ErC. All trespassing , ; cattle may be>im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced-land, the occupier is not entitled to claim'any damages except fees for driving, or loj giving notice of the, detention of wch cattle, as provided in < the • Seoond Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. barley, 2J to.?j bushels; beans ,< 2to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I* to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 ! be; 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. flaxy 2| bushels; • linseed,. for seed, li bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt;.mangold wuxtzel, 5 lbs; oats,.3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 3J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels;.tares,, winter, 2J bushels; dp., spring, I to 2} bushels; trifoliam inc&rnatum, 24 ■ lbs;• turnip;;B toB ibdj-tdralp atttoW*, 4 lbs p wheat* S^toiSf'buah«lav