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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 December 1915, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. i__ HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN OOUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo careful to make an early ivtart ia 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 roach, a mile or two is not lost •» 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 the direction ior which you are making.

If overtaken by fog, should you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance ot 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 tj the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track.

11' compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sots in, giving youxseli sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass ior bed, which place in rear of a flax bueh. If raining, tie the ends of the Hax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and thaxw the rain off. This, Tvith 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 lor 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 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 3d with lotters, etc., attached, 3s.

Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e fid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2'X) 10s, £200 and doos not exceed £S'JO 15s, exceeds £500 20s.

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

i'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d., exceeds JU2S, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s.

Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2cl; otherwise than on demand, if running siugly, for any amount not exceeding 1-50, Is; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; .if-drawn in a set, such suan upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty ae ii a single bill were drawn for the amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on salo: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tho amount of the consideration for sale 7s 6'd.

Any instrument whereby any property is legally cjt equitably transferred to or vested in any person lor a nominal consideration or where no" consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £o0 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Aeeessment Act, i 885," W any Act amending the at the date yvhen such instrument takes effect, 10s.

Promissory Notes.—i'aynient on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25' and uoc exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Iβ.

Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original menfc; 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 £oi) 3s for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s.

For any inetriunent affecting a partition of lauds upon any'consideratioa exceeding £100. . Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £5000 in respect'to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. UNCLAIMED MONEYS

Drery company (including tanks, li-fa insurance offices, and arms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) muet yearly' register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which hae not been opor ated on for six or more years; euch (register to be open tor inspection cu payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government. Gazette annually; notice to be sent to. last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notion is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE

Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large ebrte—a ehape'y, cltan-looking bulb, and keeps lons* r than the Roccas. Brown Globe, G.Iden Globe, James's Keeping, and Bros* ti Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the ■white-ekinned Tr».*ietie* are •worth growing, except lor pickling. Pickling-onione are obtained by sowing

seed of "Whit© Queen or some sort, aHtt I the middle of iMovemoer. The soil -1 should be poor, and made 'firm; ww thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. ■Borough Councils are empowered by iho"Munici|>al O6i ; pof ations Act to erect for'the occupation , of or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable' for workers' dwellings/ orm&y acquire buildings by purchase or other-wise;-and'render' them 'suitable for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

By section 52 of'the 1 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 liim to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker any separate worker's 'dwelling. Provision ie made for the repayment of advances and the payinent of advances and the payment of by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any'©ftbefcihde mentioned in the Second Schedule is a eufficient fence within the meaning of the 'Fencing Act (e.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 Dβtweeu such lands, although such fence may not extend along the wlible boundary line. But "no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence wbioh ie not, m far a* practicable, ocafintoßs throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE tfcOAD. : Tbe Rule of the Road ie a paradox quite; For in driving your'carriage 'along, If you boar to the" left you are *ure to go right, If you turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walking "the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou ehoald eteer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi fhe people who wish to walk 1 there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may legally be 1 made—in tfie cas eof bronse coine, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caee 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, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on tho assets of the bank of issue {"Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— xidelaide 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 0a m. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 a m.' Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 * m LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a In An, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during tho autumn. If tho plot can bo prepared in March, a season Tray be gained b.y sowing the f?rass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .aid trodden dowu firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21uk; l'estuca tutiui folia, 41bs; Festuca duruaeula, 21bs, Luliiim tenuifolia perenne, 201bs, White clover ,2lbs; Trifolium minor. 81bs; Pba Neuioralis nud Seni pen , irons libs of 'each. This mixture will ufficu for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, auJ if kept cut close answers mo&t soils. Special mixtures fur laying down lawns may also bo cad from any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and other grasses wo:ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes, li tho ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til) August. Commence to cut as «>oon as the machine will act. Some )refer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowi.ig; this will save the tuivee ot the niotfjr.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, El'C

All trespassing cattle maj be >m pounded by the occupier of the (and on vrhicVthey are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occu p;er ie not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or *ot. giving notice of the detention uf «ueh cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule.

tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tfarley, 2J to JB| buehels; beane, 2 to 2 J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; tryrot 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 (ttirniprooted cabbage),'to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs •; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadbast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pktj'mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4'bushels; parsnip, 1(Llbs; rape or cole, 1 pst; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; ~rye graes (if 'drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tarea, winter, 2\ bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2i bushels; trifoliura incarnatum, S4 lhs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, i lbs; wheat. 2i to 2J bushels.

ARE YOU RUN DOWN? riiL # J *—— Awaken to the danger and aid the •weakened kidneys. Kidney sickness often runs you down to the verge of colfnpse belore you know the cause. When you seem unable to pin your mind to any tasii, your back aches and you cannot do an ordinary day's work, it is time to aek yourself this: "Are my kidneys working right?" The answer may be easily founds WeaJi kidneys slacken their filtering work, and the uric acid circulates with tho blood, in many cases attacking the brain, nerves, muscles and vital oigans. Don't wait for the serious trouble. Begin using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills when you leel the iirst backache or first notice urinary disorders. This remedy has given new life and strength to thousands. Read this case :—

Mrs McMillan, c/o 98, lUugitikei street, Palmoreton North, says:—"For years 1 was a great sufferer from backache and rheumatism, but although I 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 roa-1 friend's advice. They gave me ease almost immediately and by continuing their use for a lew weeks a perfect cure wtw effected; the pain in my Back has completely gone and J have ho sign ol rheumatism. People suffering from these ailments cannot do better thau take Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. What this remedy has done for me it will do for others."

Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 8s por bottle (six Dottles 16s Gd) or will be posted on receipt of price hy Foetor-McClellan Co., 7<i Pitt-street. Sydney. But, be sure yoU get DOAN'S.