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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 November 1915, Page 4

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I ■ 1 9 J*'olt REM)V 'iUiifEHENOE; ■ HINTS TO TRAVELLERS' I IN OPEN OOUNIItY. i If ■unknown'ground is to be traversed i and a loHg day's journey lies before you, bo carol ui to make an 'early start iu tiio morning, .ascertain leading directions bel'oro slurbiug, and ho cerbaiu to uuilorstaud theni-thorougliJy, as time thus t>pent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you loso your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a. mile or two is not lost 'il making enquiries there regarding vour road'."" JS'over travel without, jiiutche<s. iSevor take a short out over swampy.or uuliuown ground. Always follow siiocy or cattle <traeks iu the direction for which you aro l , making. If overtaken by fog, Biiould you know ' ( a point guido yoiueolf by it, and eni- ' braco ev.ory-.ohau.ee of a cleaa'an'co of ! the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail Lj Uio point at which you lost it, and. maJie a iresli start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, cho<-'bo a sheltered spot before darkness sots in, giving yourself, suiiiciont time to complete all possible iUTimgenionls; lor personal comiort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass lor bed, which place ill rear of a flax bush. If rain- ' ing, tie the ends ol the Jlax to tussocks around, &o as to iioni a, gentle awning to cover tho body and throw the xain ou'. This, with tussocks to nil up the gaps iu the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for tiho night as many suppose.

WOIIKMEiTS COMPENSATION Jj'Oll ACUIDEiNTS.

' Employers arc uiado responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit oi liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to afi'oct employers' ordinary civil liability. Wliero total or partial incapacity lor work results from the injury, compensation to be a -weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability oi employer not to exceed.£soo. An I employer not to be liable in respect ol ! an injury which in proved to bo directly j attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the workw\ STAMP DUTIES. Agreement ol Memorandum oi' Agreement, Is; with letters, etc., attached, 2s (jd. Appraisement ol Valuation -where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £'20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £50, does not exceed £100, Os; exceed £100, ius; exceed £500, 20s. Award, sumo as Valuations, except exceeds £SUO but, not £1000, 20s; exceeds, £1000, 355. ; iiiik ol Exchange.—■ Un demand, id.; ! otherwise than ou demand, if running singly, ior any amount not exceeding tS(J, its; every additional £50 or part ui £50, Is.; ji drawn m a set, such sii'Ui upon each bill oi the set as to make up llio same may as u a single Uill were urawn ior tuc amount. Conveyance. ' Oonvieyanco on sale : Tor tivery £<AI oi - pari oi £5l) oi tile amount ot the consideration lor sale in (id. Any i lotnniieiii « hereby any properly is legally oi equitably transferred to or vcoLed in any pel ton lor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, lor every £50 or part ol £o0 oi the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transierrcd or assessed under "The I'roperty Assessment Act, 18li5," or any Act amending the same at the date when t>ueh instrument takes elloct, 7s Od. I'roinissory Notes. - i'aymoiit on de- : maud, Id. I'ayabie otherwise than J demand : .1? or every sum not exceeding £25, (jd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part ol £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart ol any instrument chargeable with duty, whery tiucli duty does not amount to 2s od., tlie same duties as the original instrument; in any other case, -s (id. Land T'ransiers.—Uenerally 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 oi premium : Where rent does not exceed £o0 2,s (id,; lor every additional £50 or part ol : £50, Sis (3d. lor any instrument a hoc ting a partition ol lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, io;i UNCLAIMED MONEYS. Every company (including banks,, lit o insurance otlices, and nrms acting as I agents or private bankers for indivi'lj uals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony iu an account which has not been opov a ted on for six or more years j such (register to be open ior inspection tn payment of a fee; register to be published in tho New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years ol such, notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. . Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large Borts—a ch an-looking bulb, and keeps lon?*r than tho lloccas. Brown Globe, 0.-f----den Globe, James's Keeping, and ttrown Spanish euro all excellent late keepers None of the white-akinned v*.*:3tu» are worth growing,' except for pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and-■ made firm; s,ow thickly, 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 resident in 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 be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council's are 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 u worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon j (3) eell to a worker Jiny 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.