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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 November 1915, Page 4

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- W FOR READY REFERENCE.'' HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to he traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo careful to make an early a tart in the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as time thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you ioise your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost n making enquiries there regarding vour road.

Nevor travel without matches .Never take a snort cut over swampy or unknown ground.

Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in tho direction for which you are making.

If overtaken by fog, Kiiould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance of a clearance of tho flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to.guide your path.

Should you miss track, return at once without fail U the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on tho right track.

if compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered Bpot 'before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all possible aarangements lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way oi gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which place ill rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the has to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and thaw tie rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up +the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR 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 pai-tial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to bo a weekly payment not less than JGI a week, aud total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect of 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 6d. Appraisement oi Valuation where tho amount does noii exceed £20, Is.; oxcoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £50, does not exceed £100, t>s; exceed £100, 15s; exceed £500, 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but uot £1000, 20s; excoeds £1000, 355. Hills of Exchange.—On demand, id.; otherwise than on demand,, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding I' 51), Its; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to make up tho same duty as 11 a single bill were drawn for tho amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tiie amount oi' tho consideration for sale 7"s 6d.

Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any poison tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for e»vory £50 or part of £50 of tlie amount or value ot tho property conveyed or tra.usl'orred or assessed under "£he Property Assessment Act, i 885," any .Act amending the c ame at the date Avhen such instrument takei elfect, 7s 6d. Promissory iNotes.—Payment on demand, Id. Payable otherwise than on demand: Fox every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and no i exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part, of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any 111strument chargeable with duty, where such duty, does not amount to 2s 6d., the same duties as tho original instr-> ment; in any othe*r case, 2s (3d. Land Transfer^.—Ueneralfy 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 £50 2s 6d,; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, rUi

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, lira insurance offices, and hrms acting as 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 lor inspection d. payment of a fee j register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known add res* of person in whose name money stands; and mo*ey net claimed within two years of such notlco is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, •», the best of the large sorts—a shape y, cUan-looking bulb, and keeps lon?*'* than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brov n Spanish a/re all excellent late keepers None of the white-skinned v»--:atiea 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 j should be poor> and• made firm; sow thickly, and do not. thin the plants.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS

Borough Councils are empowered by Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers employed oi- resident 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 ai'e further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land ta 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 a-ny 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.

ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fonce within the meaning of the Fencing Act,(s.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 between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which io not, u far m praotieable, wmtinnoas throughout its length.

THE RULES OF THE ifcOAD

The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If- you bear to the left you are dure to go right, If you turn to the ri>*ht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left Bhould be left enough of olear space Foi the people *ho 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 oi 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 8 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 0 am. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 •» m.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a la.vu, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any timo during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a sea ion nay be gained sowing the ; r ,riss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .uu< trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lb~s; Festuca tenui folia, 4ibs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium tenuifolia pereune, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliurn minjr, dibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens libs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form n 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 lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til) 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, EIO. All trespassing cattle may bo im pounded by the occupier of the land 6n which they are trespassing; but/ iu the case of uqfenced land, the ocou pier is not entitled to ciaim any dam ages except fees (or driving, or Jo> giving notice of the detention of vjch cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule.

| SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tJarley, 2J to bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or braak, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb;.canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. co 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 2i 'bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbsiJinseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for eeed, li bushels lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2§ to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giaut, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2| bushels; do., spring, 2 to: 2J bushels; trifoliurn incarnatum, 14 - lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble,4 ll)8j wheat. 2| to 2| bushels. i

STEADFAST CONFIDENCE. Couldi stronger proof of Lho merit of any product be desired than the statoments of grateful endorsers who say their confidence has been uiKliminisned by the lapse oi time? These are tho kind of statements that are appearing ill your local papers for Doan's Backaclie Kidney Pills. " They are twice-told and confirmed 'with new e» - tliusiasin. Can any readier doubt the following?

Mr J. "W. De Blois, Ranfurly-straet, Palmerston North, says:—Doan's j'iackaclie Kidney Pills are a fine remedy for- rheumatism. I have proved this, and am sure, from my experience, that they are quite as good as they are claimed to be. 1 suffered from rheumatism for years, and one day a Irioxid who had heard oi a cure by I.)on;i

Backache Kidney Pills, ad,vised ine to try this remedy. i got some without delay, and used them with very satisfactory results. 1 can faithfully recommend Doan's Backaclie Kidney Pills to any other sufferers."

Twelve mouths later Mr De Blois aays:—"My cure has proved a permanent one, no sign of rheumatism having returned since it was effected about two years ago.''

Don't neglect your kidneys, for il you keep your kidneys well they will keep you well. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills keep the kidneys well. "A word to the wise is enough." For sale by all chemists and storekeepars at 3s por bottle (six bottles 16k (3d), or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster McClellan Co., V(j Pitt-street,

Sydney. But, be sure you get DOAN'S