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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 December 1915, Page 4

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l<oll READY REFERENCE,

HJNTS 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 in the morning, ascertain- leading./lir--ections before starting, and be certain j to understand them thoroughly, as time thus epent is not lost on a long day's journey. Shouid you lose your way, and know of any habitation within roach,. a mile or two ib not lost n making enquiries there regarding vour road.

.Never travel without matches. Never take, a short cut over ewamp-y or unknown ground.

I Always follow sheep or cattle tracks iin the direction for which you axe I making.

i If overtakon by fog, eJiould you know ! a point guide yourself by it, and emI brace every chance or a clearance of I the flying mist, however slight, to dis--1 cern a known object to guide your path.

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

If compelled to oarap out overnight, cliooso a sheltered spot before darkness sets- in, giving youxaeli sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circunifitancea in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which place in rear of a Has bush. If raining, tie the ends of the Has to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, -witlx tussocks to fill up +<he gaps in the flax coyenng, will make not such uncomfortftble quarters for the night as many suppose. -

WORKMdEN'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 be a weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability of employer not to exceed £500.. An employer nob to be liable in respect of an injury which ie proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, otc., attached, Us. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; «x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s b'd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2'X) 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 ■ion, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but nob £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. i'.n's. not exceeding £2o (id, exceeds L'2u, and not exceeding iJoO Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10a. Bills of Exchange. Oou deanaaid 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding CSO, Is; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, sucli sum upon each billot the set aa to make up the saino duty as it a single bill were drawn for tlie amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tiio amount of the consideration for satu. 7s 6d.

Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred j-o or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £o0 of the amount or value oi the proper by conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," W any Act amending the *awe j at the date when such instrument take& I effect, 10s..

Promissory Notes—l'ayment" on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Iβ.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.

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

Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance.

Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £oU 3u for every additional £>50 or part of £50 3s.

For any instrument affecting a partition of lande upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

CJNOLAIMED MONEYS ISvery company (including banks, Ufa insurance offices, and arms 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; euoh [register to be open tor inspection u. payment of "a fee; register to 'be pivbliehed in the New Zealand Qoverntneui Gazette annually; notice to be aeut to last known addrese of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE-

Ailea Craig, if of a good strain,' >», the best of the large sorts—a shape y, clt an-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, G. - den Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish are all excellent late keepers. None of the white-ekinned vvtatflee are worth growing, except for pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

eeed of White Queen or some Sort, ab.it the middle of November.- : The soil should be poor, and made firm;-*ow thiokly, and do not thin the plants. .. WORKERS' DWELLINGS.. Borough Councils are empowered by (he 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 Council..

By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Auiondinent Aot, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to •workers' dwellings. Tlie section provides that a Council may (1) iet land to a worker for tine purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance, money to a worker to enable him to acquire land and build a •worker's-dwell-ing thereon; (3) eell to a worker any separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of puxcliase-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 (b.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 Dβtween such lands, although such fence may not extend along'the whole boundary line.- But no occupier is liable to contribute to. any fence which ie not, u fax , Cβ. practicable,, eoatinaoes throughout.'.its. length. ,

THE RULES OF THE. iIOAD

The Rule of the Road .is a paradox quite; . For in driving your carriage along, If you bear. to the left you are jure to go right, If you turn,to the rifdrt. you go wrong. But- in walking the etreeta 'tie a different 0086} To the right it is right wou ehoald eteer,, .. On the left ehould be left enough of clear space Foi the people iiho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER, . Tender of inonew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronae coins, for any amount not exceeding Iβ; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40a; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 3-i 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 of the hank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 "' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. x\s 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 am. Berne 1 0a m. Bombay ... 5 21 a. m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 84 * tn. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lua'ij, the groiiud should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If tho plol can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the seed during that month;, the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .m*l trodden down firmly. . l'ho following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crestt"! Dog-tail, 21Bb; Kestuca tuuui folia, 4lbs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliiim tenuifolia perenne, 201bs, White clover ,2lbs; Tiifolium minor. Bibs; Poa Nemoraiis and Sempervirsns 4!bs of each. This mixture will uffiro for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and i 7 kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be cad fro in any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor Jawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til! August. Commence to cut as noon as the machine will act. Some wefer 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 whicii they are trespassing; but in the case of, unfenced .land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees > for driving, or for giving notice- of the detention uf such cattle, ae provided .-.-in the Second Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN

ACRE:

darley, 2i to S| buenela,; beans,.9 to 2$ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead),, to trane- , plant, 1 lb; canary, .3 pkgs;,o»;rot in drills, Bto 12.1b5; 'clover,.!, to 17.1b5;, Furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 •'Lβ; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (tuniiprooted cabbage), ,jto 1 lb; do., drilled,.4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 2 J buflhels; linseed, ; for seed, 1J buehals; lucerne,, broadcast,, ,20 lbs;. d 0.,, drilled, 15 lbs; white, 1 pkt;.mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs J to ,4 bushels;, parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pet; rye, 2§ to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), e J to 2 J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliam incarnatum, 14 lLs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat- 2i to 1\ bushels.

ARE YOU RUN DOWN? _«; ■ _.. Awaken to the danger and aid the ■weakened kidneye. Kidney sickness, of ten runs you down to the verge of collapse beiore you know the cause. When you seem unable to pin your mind to any task, your back aches and you cannot do an ordinary day's work, it is time to ask yourself this: "Are my kidneys working right?" The answer may be easily foundt Weak kidneys slacken their filtering wort, and the uric acid circulates with the blood, in many cases attacking tue brain, nerves, muscles and vital o:gans. Don't wait for the serious trouble. Begin using Doans Backache Kidney Pille when you ieel. the farst backache or first notice urinary disorders. This remedy has given new life and strength to thoueamis. Read th's case:—i " , i^|

Mrs JMoMillan, c/o l>B, liangitikei street, Palmerston North, says:—"For years i was a gruat sufferer from backache and rheumatism, but although I tried numerous remedies nothing gave me 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 weeks a perfect cure way effeoted; the pa-in in my Uack has completely gone and I have no sign ot rheumatism. People suffering from these ailments cannot do better than take Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. What this remedy has clone for mo it will dlo for others."

Doan'e Backache Kidney Pillfs arc sold by nil chemists and storekeepers; at 3s per bottle (six bottles IBs 6d) or ivill be posted on receipt of price by Foster-McClellan Co., 76 Pitt-street, Sydney. ■But, be sure you get DOAN'S.