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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 December 1915, Page 4

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EOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. II unknown ground is to be traversed and a long .day's journey lies before you, be careful to wake an early atari 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. Shouid ,you lose your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost n making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matches. Never take a.short cut over swampy or unknown ground. , Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in tihe direction for which you are making. • if overtaken by fog, should 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 loet it, and make a fresh start on the right track. j

if compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete ail possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass for bed, which place ,in rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awxung to cover the body and thaw tihe ram 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 partial incapacity for work results from tho injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than £i a week, and total liability of employer not to exceed £500. v 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 tho worker.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agree- , ment, Is; with letters, etc., attached, ' 2s 6d. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not' exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £50, doas not exceed £100, Os; exceed,£loo, 15s; exceed £500, 20a. Award, 6auie as 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 £'50, Is; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; if drawn in a sot, such sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as il a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance —Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part or £50 of tiio amount of the consideration for sale 7s (id. Any instrument whereby any property illegally or equitably transferred "to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value or the.property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "T]jo Property Assessment Act, 1885," & any Act amending the p anie at the date when such instrument take* effect, 7s 6d. Promissory Notes.—Payment on de- , mand, Id. Payable otherwise than demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, la.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 2s t>d., the duties as the original instra>inent; in any other case, 2s 6d. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Foreclosure order, 10», Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium: Where rent does not exceed £50 2s 6d,; for every additional-£SO or part of £50, 2e 6d. ' For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality, lUi

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including "banks, lifd insurance offices, and tinus-acting as agents or private bankers far individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opov ated oh for six or more years; such register - to he open tor inspection ci. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government, Gazette annually; notice td be seat to last known addrest of person- in whose name money stands; and'money not claimed within two years ot euoh notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, .o, the best of the large sorts—a shape'y, cltan-lookiug bulb, and keeps long-' than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and lirov* n Spanish aire all excellent late keepers. None of the •white-skinned wiatiea are •worth growing, except for= pickling. Pickling-onions are-obtained by sowing

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 the same purpose, the. letting to be in the hands of the Counoil, By section '52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils axe 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 a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable ihim to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker nay separate - worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances ancl the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OP FENCES. A fence of any. of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient 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 suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole , boundary line. But no occupier is liable to i contribute to any fence which is not, m faff iM practicable, omtiocoßß throughout ite length.

THE RULES OF THE J&OAD. The Rule of the Road is • paradox quit© ; For in driving your carriage along, If you boar to the loft you are <iure to go right, If yoa turn to the rifrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different ouse; To the right it is right wou ehoald steer, On the left should be left enough of dear space Foi the people ffho wish to walk there.

LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—iu tfiecas.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 (83' and 34 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 of the bank of •ssue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 "

TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON NZ MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden 8 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne ... 1 Oam Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 a m. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a la.vn. the ground should be trenched a« directed for the vegetable garden p.ny time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a 6eaion u:ay be gained by sowing the grass sood during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised iwnl trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Iis; Festuca teuui folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium Uitiuifolia perenne, 201ba, White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis l and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will office 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 ateo be cad from.any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes, (f the ground is of j a iretentive-nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some irefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mo>var.

IMPOUNDING "CATTLE," ETC. 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 occu pier is not entitled to ciaim any dani ages except fees for driving, or f <r giving notice of-'the detention of «ueb cattle, as provided in tlie Second Schedule.

SEEDS-REQUIRED TO SOW A N ACRE. tfarley, 2\ to ZJ buohels; 'beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 ipkgs; o'-rot in drillsi Bto 12 lbs; clover, co 17 lbs; furze or gorse,' for-feed, 20 'to 24 Is; do. for single-line • fencing; to sow one mile, 3 to 4 dbs; kobl<rabi (turaiprooted cabbage), to transplant, :1. lb; do., drilled, 4■ lbs linseed, for flax. 2| bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals. 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, 24 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth" less), 2 to 21 Vjsfceb; sainfoin, giant. 5 -bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels ; < do;, spring, 2 to 2} bushels: trifoliu<m incamatum, 24 llib ; turnip, 2 to-'3 lbs ; turnip: stubble, 4 lbs; wheat- 2J to Sf bushels.

seed of 'Wiliite.Queen or eome fiorfctal'ot.t [ the middle of November. The soil i should be . poor, and made firm ,' ww thickly, and do not thin the plants. i

WORDS FBOM PALMERSTON NOltTil. ,

WJien a Palmerston citizen comes to tlie front, tolling his iriends and neigbours of his experience, you can rely on his sincerity. The statements of people residing in far away places, do not command your confidence. Home endorsement is the kind) tnat hacks up Doaa'e .Backache Kidney Pills. Such testimony is convincing. Investigation proves it to be true. Below as a statement of a Palmerston North resident. No stronger proof of merit ©an be had.

Mr v/. Podgursky, College and J-So-tanical streets, Palmerston North, says: "l*'or eighteen months 1 nave had bacKache. The pain started in the urst place from lifting heavy stones when 1 was working at the uanganui breaKwater. I suppose i hurt my kidneys, at any rate I have suffered from these organs ever since. if 1 did any digging or work that required bending J would have to straighten myself tip every iew minutes, or 1 would not -~ able to get up at all. 1 also suffered with headaches and giddiness, and my secretions wore sometimes dark coloured and scalded. 1 usedl a lot of (remedies, plasters and liniments, and consulted doctors, but never got more than passing relief from the treatment. 1 saw Doan's Backache Kidney Pills advertised and got some at once. After } J had. taken one bottle I relt easier, ana from that -time on j. rapidly mended, until 1 was free of all pain. This is a tip-top medicine for kidney troubles." Mrs Podgursky confirms the above ten years later.—"l am pleased to bring the above statement up to date, by : telling you that my iiusband 11 as been free of every distressing symptom 01 kidney trouble during the past ten years. That is the best of Doan s Backache Kidney Pills, they cure to stay cured."

Have you backache, wca'K. back, headaches, gravel, giddiness, urinary disorder, or any other of the numerous symptoms of .kidney trouble? If so. Doan's Backache Kidney i'lils will cure you, just as permanently as they cured Mr i'odgursky. They are sold by ail cheniiste and' storekeepers at 3s per bottle (six bottles 16s 6d) or will be posted on receipt or price by FostorMoOlellan Co., 76 Pitt-street, Sydney. But be sure you got DOAN'S.