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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 December 1915, Page 4

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b'Oll READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground k to he traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start ill the morning, ascertain leading dir»" octiofts before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as timo thus spent fa not lost on a long day's journey. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation withiu reach, a mile or two Iβ not lost a making enquiries there regarding vour N road.

Never travel ivitliout matches Never take-a siiort cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow siieep or cattle ti'acks in tdie direction ior which you are making. If overtaken by fog, siiould you know a point "guide youreelf by it, and embrace every cliance ot a cleaa;ance of the 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 whicJi you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. JJ compelled to oainp out overnight, chocso a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient timo to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circum&tances in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which place in rear of a flax bueh. If raining, tie the ends oi the flax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to coyer the body and throw the rain oif. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible tor 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 leee than £1 a week, and total liability ot 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 misconduot of the worker.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is; with letters, etc., attached, 2s (id. Appraisement ol Valuation where tne amount does not exceed £2Q, Is.; excoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s b'd, exceed £50, does not exceed £100, Os; exceed £100, 15s; exceed £500, 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. -Bills of Exchange—On demand, id.; otherwise than on demand, if running ■singly, for any amount not exceeding ii5U, Is; every additional £50 or part o£ £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such suun upon each bill ol the set as to make up the sa.ni© duty as ir a single bill were drawn for the amount.

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

Aiiy instrument whereby any' property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for evea-y £50 -or part of £50 of the amount or value or the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under " r £he Property Assessment Act, 1885," w any Act amending the same at the date when such-instruinettt takes, effect, 7s b'd. Promissory Notes.—Payment on de- , jiiand, Id. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and. noc exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, is. Duplicate or counterpart of any n> struinent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 2s tid., the same duties as the original instr.u*ment; in any other case, 2s 6d. Laud Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have teen 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 2a 6d, ; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. .For any instrument affecting & partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way <of equality, ioa

UNOLAIMEa) MONEYS Every company (including 'Bonks, Ufa insurance offices, and hiuns 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 opov a ted on for-six or more years; such register to-he open lor inspection u. payment of> a feej register to be. ynbliahed in the New Zealand Qovem«neu' u Gazette annually; notice to he sent to last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notice is to he paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large eorte—a ehape'y. cUan-looking bulb,, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, Jamee'a Keeping, and Brow i> Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the ■white-ekinned vii'idtios are ■worth growing, except for 'pickling. Pickling-onione are obtainedby Bowing

seed of Wihite,Queei»;Or eome.epftjaboLt the luiddle of November. The soil should be poor, and ; *made firm; taw thickly, and,do,not thin the plants.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. JJqrough Councils are empowered by .ihq AiuiiicifwJ^ Corporations Act to erect ton , 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 the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. - By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Oouncik are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectioi* 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 land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker aaiy separate worker's dwelling. Pro vision ia 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 eufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). 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 euch fence may. not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ie not, as far a* practicable, ooatinaose throughout ite length.

THE RULES OF, THE HOAD. The Rule of the, Road ie 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 you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou ehould steer, On the left should bo left enough of clear space Foi €he people ffho wish to walk there.

LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in tfie cas eof bronze coine, 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 Si Vic. c. 10, eec. 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 ("Bauk Note Issue Act. 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME.

a≤ 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 a m Berne 1 0a m Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston . . .. ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 a tn. Brussels 6 84 t tn.

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 time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be , thoroughly pulverised And trodden down firmlv. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Festuca Lenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White, clover ,21bs; Trifolium ininjr, 81bs; Poa Ncinoralis and Senipervirens

libs of each". This .mixture will "uf■fice for half an acre, aad will form a very good lawn, and il 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 woald answer admirably lor 'awn purposes. If the ground is ©f a retentive, natare, sowing the 6oeds should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as <*oon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives or the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIO. AH trespassing cattle maj be im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but iu the case of unfenced land, the occupier is hot entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or to> giving notice of the detention of such cattle, ae provided in the Second Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. rJarley, 2J to 2J buahels; beana, 2 to 2$ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in .drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. m 17 lbs; ■furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 2 J "be; do. for eingle-li'ne lencing, to sow one niiJo, 3to 4 lbs; kchl rabi (turaiprooted cabbage), to transplant, l> lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; liuseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseeJ, for seed, 1\ bushals, lucerno, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. Vpkt; mangold wurtzel, '5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel".; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye; 2} to 3 bushels; glass (it. drilled.'one-fourth, less),. 2 to. 2i bushels; fiairjfoin, gianf. sbushck; .tares, : winter, 2 J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2\ bushels; trifoliuin incsrnatum, S4 Ibe; turnip, 2 to 9 lbs; turnip etnbbl«, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 2\ bushels.

jTKADFAST CONFIDENCE. Could/ stronger proof oi the'nior;l oi any product be desired than the statements of grateful undorsers who »ay their confidence has been undimmisii- | e<l by tlio lapse or timer . These uro the kind of statements that are appeti , - iug iu your local papers tor JDoan's Backache Kiduey Pills. They are twice-told and confirmed with new erthusiasm. Can any reader doubt the following? Mr J. W.De Blois, Ranfurly-streot, Palmeraton North, says :—Doan's iiackache 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 l'rieud who ihad heard.ol a cure by Dcmr. Backaoho Kidney Pills, advised me to try this remedy. i got some withoiii delay, and used them with very satisfactory results. 1 can faithfully recommend Doan's Backaciie Kidney Pilb to any other sufferers." Twelve months later Mr De iJlois says:—"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 kidneye, for ii 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 sole by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per bottle (six bottles 16e (id), or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster McClellan Co., 7(3 Pitt-street, Sydney. But, be sure you get JDOAN'S.