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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 December 1915, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS . IN OPEN COUNTRY. If uiiknowu ground is to he traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo 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 ; n making enquiries there regarding vow road.

Never travel without matches. Never take a short cut over swampy or,unknown ground. Always 'follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction for 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 inisa track, return at once without fail tj the point at which you lcet it, and make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all 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 awning to. cover the body and fcha-ow the rain off. This, with tussocks, to fill up the gaps in tie flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

WORKxMJDN'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 omployer not to exceed ,£SOO. An employer not to bo 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 letters, etc., attached, 3s.

Appraisement ol Valuation whore the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s Od, exceed £100, and does not exceed £290 10s, £200 and does no't exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s.

Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £'500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a.

i'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding ±£0 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s.

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

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

Any 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 every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "Tiie Property Assessment Act, 1885," ffl any Act amending the «aiuo at the date when such instrument take*, effect, 10s.

Promissory Notes.—Payment on doinand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and uoi exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part, of £60, Ib. .Duplicate or counterpart of any mstruinent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to '3s, the same duties as the original instramenbj in any other case 3a. Land Trausfera.—Generally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £od ite for every additional £60 or pari of £60 3e. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS

Every company (including banks, lit o 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 ik payment of a fee; register to be pub* liahed in the New Zealand Govern mem Gazette annually; notice-to be sent to last known address of person in whose | name money stands; and money not | claimed within two years or Buch notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, in, the best of the large sorts—a shape y, cltan-looking bulb, and ; keeps lonse r than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the white-skinned vvwties are worth growing,, except lor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtauied by sowing

seed pf White Queen or some sort, about the middle of* November. ; - The soil should be poor, and : made firm; sow thickly, 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 Amendment' Act, 1913, Council* 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; (3).5e1l to a worker nay 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 j divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence netween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line.. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m far •* praotieablo, oeatinaoßs throughout its length.

THE RULES OF THE ifcOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you boar to the left you-are .sure to go right, If yon turn to the rhamt you go wrong. But in walking the streete 'tis a different oase; To the right it is right wou should steer; On the left Bhould bo left enough of clear space For the people ffho 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 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 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Dank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 '.' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ..." 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 ;i m. Berne 1 0a m. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston . . 7 46 pre. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane, 10 30 am. Brussels . . 6 24 * inLAYING DOWN A LAWN. Wlien.it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the Vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by Rowing the /,ri£S seed during that month ; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ,ind trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Create*' Dog-tail, 21bs; Kcstuca tenui Folia, -libs; Kestuca . .duruscula, 2lbs, l.oliiiiri tetiuiiolia perenue,, 2()lbs, White clover ,'Jibs; Trifojiuin minor, 81ba; Poa Nemoralis and Soiii per v irons libs of each. Thin mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut closu answers most soilfc. Special mixtures for hying down lawns may also bo uad from any seedsman. iSome of •jiir native pons and other grasses wo-ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. U the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should he deferred til! August. Commence to cut as soon 86 the machine will Some >rfefer the scythe, for the first time . of cutting. Roll previous to mowing"; this will save the knives oi the mo war.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC,

All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupier of (he land on whics they are trespassing; but in the case- of un fenced laud, the occu p:er is not entitled to ciaim any damages except foes for driving, or *o< giving notice of the detention uf «uch cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Parley, 2| to ZJ bushels; beans, 2 to 2J 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,' 2) bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels;, parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2£ to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2\ bushels; do., spring,'' 2 to 2\ bushels; .trifoliu'm.incarnatum, M lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, i lbs; wheat- : 2i to 2$ bushels.

ARE YOU RUN DOWN? <►_=. —-.-— Awaken to the danger, and. aid the •\yeakened kidneys'. Kidney sickness often 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 bank aches and-you cannot do an ordinary day's work, it is time to ask yourself this: "Are my kidneys working right P" The answer may oe easily foundi. Weak kidneys slacken their filtering work, and the uric acid circulates with the blood, in niany cases attacking the brain, nerves, muscles and vital organs. Don't wait for the serious trouble. Begin using .Doan's - Backache Kidney Pills when you ieel the farst backache or first notice urinary disorders. This remedy has given new life and strength fco thousands. Read tins case:— Mrs McMillan, c/o I JH, Rangitikei street, PalmiMston North, sayß:—"For years i was a great sufferer from backache and rheumatism, although I tried numerous remedies nothing ga?e me relic! until I usedi Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. A friend advised m? to take these pills and it was a real friend's advice. They gave me ease almost immediately and by continuing their use for a lew weeks a perfect cure was effected; the pain in my Back .has completely gone and I have no sign of 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 do for others."

Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per bottle (six bottles 16s 6d) or will be posted on receipt of price ( >y Foster-McClellan Co., 70 Pitt-street. Sydney. But, be sure you get DOAN'S.