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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1915, Page 4

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FOlt READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start iu 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 lose your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost u making enquiries there regarding road.

Never travel without matches. Never take a short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow aheep or cattle tracks iu tdio direction for which you are making. If overtaken by fog, should you know a point guide youxeelf by it, and embrace every cliaiico of a clearance of the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide youx path. Should you miss track, return at onco without fail tj the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. 11 compelled to camp out overnight, ckooso a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete ail possible aa'rangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering Ere material, grass lor bed, whioh place in rear of a tlax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to coyer the body and throw the 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 partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to bo a weekly payment .not lees than £1 a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to bo liable in respect of an injury which ie proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wiilul misconduot of the worker.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where tbe amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 15s, exceeds £500 20s.

Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s j exceeds £1000, 355.

P.u's. not exceeding £25 (3d, exceods C2O, and not exceeding JCoO Is, every additional £50 or part ol £50 Is. 10s.

Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, tor any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50. Is.; if drawn in a set, such upon each bill of the set as to make up tho same duty as n a single bill were drawn for the amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tiio amount of tho consideration for sale 7s (id.

Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consider*; tion or whore no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value 01, the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,". M any Act amending the same at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s.

Promissory Notes. —Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Ib.

Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable •with duty, where such duty does not amount to '3s, the same duties as the original itustruculent.; in any other case 35..

Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, the same duties as 'would have been payable on a oonveyanoe. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £60 for every additional £50 or part of £50 3b. .Far any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £5000 in trespect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, life insurance offices, and hrms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the oolony in an acoount which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open tor inspection cu payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Govern me n'u Gazette annually; notice to be Bent to last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notica is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, •», the best of the large aorta—a shape y, olt an-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Bron n Spanish are all exoellent late keepers None of the white-flkinned y».u«ties are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

Beed of Wihite Queen or some sort, afojLt the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made linn; wiv thickly, and do'not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by Ihe Municipal 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, Councils 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 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 .my 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 fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fenoo are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such, lands, although »uoh fence may not extend along the wbole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ie not, m far *a praotißible, ocaiinuoHs throughout its length.

THE RULES OF THE kOAD. The Rule of the Road ia * paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If yon bear to the left you are «sure 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 ohould gteer, On the left should 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 caee of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in tli ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 34 Vic. o. 10, aec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a lirst charge on tho assets ol tlio bank of : SBiie ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME.

As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ••• ••• 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a m Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 a m Berne 1 oam Bombay ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane ... 10 30 a tn. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la An, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during tbe autumn. If tho plot can be prepared iu March, a season may be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised ami trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable: —

Crested Dog-tail, 2lUis; L'estuca tyuui folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Loliiun tonuifolia peroune, 201' os, White cloVor ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Po& Nemoralis and Sempcrvirsns libs of eacfi. Tliis mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form n 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 jut native poaa and other grasses wo:ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should Uo deferred till August. Commence to cut as c>oon as the machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whict they are trespassing; but ni the case of unfenced laind, tho occu pier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or 'o> giving notice of the detention uf «uch cattle, as provided in the Becond Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. barley, 2} to 2] bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 11 bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pKt; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2| bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifoliu>m incaraatum, S4 lbs.; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; tarnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 2} bushels.

ARE YOU RUN DOWN? —— ♦ — - Awaken to the danger and aid the ■weakened kidneys. Kidney sickness often runs you down to the verge of collapse betore you know the cause. When you seem unable to pin your liiind to any task, your back aches and you cannot do an ordinary day's work, it is time to ask yourself this : "Aro my kidneys working right P" The answer may be easily foundi. "Weak kidneys slacken their filtering work, and the uric acid ciroulates with the blood, in many cases attacking the brain, nerves, muscles and vital oi - gans. Don't wait for the serious trouble. Begin using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills when you ieel the hrst backache or first notice urinary disorders. This remedy has given new life and strength to thousands. Head this caae:—< ~ Mrs iMoMillan, -c/o ( J«, Rangitikei street, Palme-rston North, says:—"For years 1 was a great sufferer from backache and rheumatism, but although 1 tried numerous remedies nothing gave mo relief until 1 usedi Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. A friend advised mo to take these pills and it was a Teal friend's advice. They gave nie ease almost immediately and by continuing their use for a lew weoks a perfect cure was effected; the pain in my Back has completely gone and J have no sign <>1 rheumatism. People suffering from ! these ailments cannot do better than I take Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. What this remedy has done for me it will dio for others." Doan's Backache Kidney Pills aiv sold by all chemists and storekeepers , at 3s per bottle (six bottles 16s 6d) or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster-Modellan Co., 76 Pitt-street, Sydney. j But, be sure you get DOAN'S.