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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 November 1915, Page 4

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I , . . b= j FORrREADY ta'JiltiwNClS. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS I IN OPEN COUNTRY, i If unknown ground is to bo traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo careful to make an oariy start ia'the morning, ascertain loading directions before starting, and bo ceruiiu to understand them thoro*irghJy, us timo thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Shoiiid you icfco your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two ib not lost j> making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without mutches JNovor take a snort cut over swampy or unknown ground. 5 Always follow sheep- or cattle trucks <in the direction ior which you ait s malting. I if overtaken by fog, tuiould you know i a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance oi a clearance ot the flying mist, however slight, lu discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss * track, return it once 'without fail io tne point ut 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 sods in, giving yourself suihcieiit timo to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under sucli untoward circumstances in tho way oi gatueriug fh'o juatonai, gruss lor bed, which place in roar of a llax butiL. If rainiug, tie the ends ol the llax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle'■awning to cover the body and throw the ram off. This, with tussocks to nil up 'he gaps in the llax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many supposa, WORKMEN'S GOAIPJiJNfcJAIJON I 1 UK ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible !'or iiucident to workmen under certain 'j'/U-. ditioiis. Limit of liability where death result*., £SU, but nothing in Act to ailect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity Jor work requite from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not lebs than £L a. week, and total liability ui employer not to exceed .CuUU. An employer not to bo liable iu respect ol an injury which in proved to bo directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker SI AMI , DU'iJJiS. Agreement ol Memorandum oi Agi cement, Is; with leUers, oic, atiaclmd. 2b- Ud. Appraisement oi valuation where Lite amount does not exceed .L2U, U.j ■•:<■- cued L'J.[), docs not exceed iJoi), 'Iα 0d , exuetu JJoU, dueo nut exceed i-lUi), -j.> ; exceed oLIUt), lu*i exci'Cil XiuO, '2V.~,. .'vHurd, fcaine as \ idiiatiuius, except i.'ACOeiis XMi) out not ÜbUU, -Us; e\JiiiJs of Exchange.■- Un uenuuid.. Jtl., utUurwiae thun on demand, n liiuiiii,,; lor any amount iiul uMxrilin;: Loii, lei; every additional -CjU or pan ui £6U, is.; rt drawn in a bet, isii-.n sum upon each bjJl ol tile set a* to in;;i>e up thu same duty as n u single, uili v,eio drawn for l.uo amount. Uoui'eyance. VJouvoyauco <jJX J'or i 1 very JCuU or part oi JiiiO ol tn<; auiouut oi the considerutiou lor talo 7ti (id. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or eiiuitauly transleiied i" or vested in any nerauu lor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, lor every JJoU or part oi .L-ji.' of tlie amount or value oi the. coilvoyed or trauslen-ed or ac>se&»ed under "The Property Aijsesauient -\ol, liSSiJ, , ' , oi , auy Act amending the ■■um , at thu date when such instrument lake.* eii'eet, 7s Ud. i'j'omissory Notou. - i'aymont on demand, Id. Payable otherwise than .'ii i demand: J.'or uveiy sum not exceeiiinti k'lb, (id,.; exceeding and n<u exceeding £u(J, is.; every additiou-il £50 or part of £60, is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable "with duty, whery such duty doss not amount to 2s lid., the same duties as the original in*trament; in any other case, 'J.& O'd. Land Transfers.—Generally spoukmg, the same duties ue "would have been payable on a conveyance, foreclosure order* 10s, Lease, or Agreement- to Lease, witliout any consideration by way ol premium : "Where rent does not exceed D-jO 2h (id,; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. For any instrument aiiecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, iUi UNCLAIMED MONEY'S Every company (including banks, lifo insurance offices, and iirnis actiug as agents or private bankers for indivi/luals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opov ated .on for six or more years; such (register to be open lor inspection u. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government/ Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notify is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, i.s, the host of the largo eorte— a shftpe'y, jltan-lookhig bulb,, and keeps Ion? , -" ;han the Koccos. lirowa Globe, G.Jien Gflobe, James's Keoping, and Brow n Spanish are all oxcollent late keepers. S T one of the white-ekirinod v».'i olios ain vorth~-growing, excopt for pickling, 'iekling-onions are obtained by 6otv!iig

seed of White Queen or some sort, ahii.t the middle of The soil should be poor, and made firm; &ow thickly, and do not thin the plant-.... WOItKEItS , DWELLINGS. Jiorough Councils are empowered by Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect ior the occupation of ■workers employed or resident in boroughs auy buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchaso or otherwise, and render them suitable i'or the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. liy section 52 oi the Municipal Corporations Aniondment Act, 1913, Council's are furl her empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section ,;iuvides that a Council may (1) let. land tj a worker for the purpos'e of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to ac-_ quiro land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (ii) sell to a worker nny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made lor Uio repayment of advances and the payment of advamrs and the payment of purchase-money oy instalments.

THE FENCING ACT.

ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second tichcdulo :s a •■tifficient fence within the nieauins of Ine Fencing Act (5.7). Tho occupiers oi adjoining land.s not divided by a sufiickMit fence are luu>l« to join iu or contribute in equal proportions to tho erection ol a Itwico between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. Jiut no occupier i« liabio to contribute "to any fence which is not, Sβ fur ee practicable, continuous throughout its length. TEE RULES OF THE io>AD. The Rule of tho Koad is a ii!n.i'i'jv quite; Jb'or in driving your oaniago If you bear to the left you are onro to go right, I: }'.".! t'.irn tu th'- fVhi yon go wrong. iJnt in walking tho stieola 'tis a (J.ifferent cutiis; To the right it ia right won shoaki felecr, On the Jeft should bo loft enough ol clear spii.'.-e Jt'oi the people .vho wish t-o walk there. LEGAL TKXDEU. Tender of iconow may logully bo ttiacJo—- in the cas col Or-tuzo cuinn, lor any amount not excerdmg Is; in tiio (.-iii-.'j <ii silvt.-r wiiiiii. no;. i.-xcoLslinii; iU>:; in th ecase oi gold coin.s for amount, unions coim-d priur lo ;.Ik- \ ic. c. ii), ht-c. -1, and Koyal I'roclaiiiaiKin ;-!:!, Nov., lSi.;t>>. jJank nutt'S ait. now b-udor >i: Ni'-i\" Zu-abnid a/i'i are i-,Lill a ill's!. on. Igv on 1 !•(• ;t;-.. >••.-. ■..; : ,'■ i/ai.k ii; ..■■!.■.; {"'ihr.k A.jU: '~--:U: .'m;l, i.'J'J i v,klvj-; u'cji.i;. ;. yi :\r;v,s . x A.-, compared with -■ . . ii; : ; i :n j-.Jon . . . . ;■! ;)i i ... A!c'.\iitid:'ia •-' '!'-< .i n A.'ii.sti-i'Jaiii ■ '' '''■' .i.ii! i ::■; .: >.. in: . . !• " .» ii; J-\,!?i!.;'j ' :'A i '.. first ,i. . ' . 7 1'- ]> \u IJsimli:-! . . 1 J'J ;■■ '.i. l>) i/>i,;il.L \0 Hi) "■- 'r: <) 2! , '.-, L.u'iyu r,,^v ••' \ i A^'V Wi , ' , !! it IS ''•■-.!!Vd to liii'Mi :: !;;.\;i. ■ii.-..' gp./'jjj.: .-Im/jiM !>:• In-ii.'jioil .-:•. 'lil"t'Cl('<! !■-;■ i! ■ v ';-;.vi;;!.!i' /,;;ril'.'i! ;•!!;. i iim.i i.'iirin... Hi- ,nit!i;r!i. Ii" thu pio, ran !-o pi'.']);;:i"! :■; .M;iie: , ;>. m , -! ur'iliiV liO gil"":'f] ! ■■■, >i!'.Vl!li;' t.ll<' :'V >>■ ■sotvl during that month; the surLico ni'i.st. bi>- jniivcrii-rd ■■•ii--! I Hidden down iinnly. Tho foliowin;l> ;! good mixhm , , il procui-ahlo: — Crs'.sU"' i>'<;;-tail, 'Jl!.^; !''(-stuca u-mii-Foiia. -libs;' . FosliU'a durusriila. 'ilbs, Loliimi U'liuii'olia p;.>ri'inie. 201 b≤, White clover ,:2H'h; Trifoliuin minor, 81 hs ; Foa Noinocalis mid HeuiporvireJis libs oi each. Tints mixture will uilice, for half an acre, and will form ;i very good lawn, ami it kept cut close ansH'ors rno.st soils. Special inixture.-5 ior luyijig down lawns may also bo nad from any seedsman. Wonie of our I native [»o«i,s and <<thor grasses would answer admirably ior lawn purpusw*. II the ground i.s oi a retentive nature, won ing tho seodK should no deforred till August. Coininonco to cut as mow hk the machiue will act. Sonic )reler the scythe for the first time ol cutting. Hull previous to moui.rj; ; I his wiJJ save the knives ol the iiiowei. » JAU'OtWDLN'G CATTLE, KIO. Aii t;e.vp;it,. : iiig cattle may bo ini. pounded by flu: occupier of the land oil which they are tres[>;in.sing; but in l.ho case ol unt'oiiajd i.'iud, the occupier is not entitled to ciaiin auy damages except fees (or driving, or for giving uotiui of tho detention of v.idi caitle, uti provide in the Second Schedule. SJfiKDS REQUJRED TO SOW AN ACRE. , , ttarley, 2J to EJ bushels; beane, 2 tu 'l\ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, Ii lushels; cabbage (drnnihead), to t'.ari,«>lant, 1 lb ; canary, 3 pkgs; in ( irilk, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, "1. to 17 lbs; ■|ii-2e or gorso, for feed, 20 to 21 bs; 10. for single-lino lencing, to sow one nilo, 3 to i lbs;, kohl rabi (turnip- * ootexl cabbage), to transplant, 1 ib; 10., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2} iiifiliels; linseed", .for seed, Ii bushals; uconif.l, broadcast. 20 lbs; do., 5 lbs; mustard, white'. ] pkt;-mangold 'urt/.el, 5 11)8; oats, 3to 4- bushulp; v arsnip, 10 "lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; q ye, 2§ to 3 bushels; rye grass (if o rilled, one-fourth less), 2 to' 2J V jU s- Ii eh; sainfoin, giant, o'bushels; iirea, f< inter, 2\ bushels; do., spring, 2 to a \ bushels; trifoliu-ni incarnafcum, 24 ti is; turnip, 2to 3 lbs; turnip etnbble, fc lbs; wheat. 2i to 2J bushei. C