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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 December 1915, Page 4

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« FOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS ! IN OPEN COUNTRY. II unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day'o journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as timo thus 1 spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation .within reaoh, a inile or two ib not lost n making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matchesNever take a short out 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 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 tj the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to ©amp 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 fixe material, grass tor 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 awmng to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tUßsocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not suoh 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 aftect. employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to bo 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 au injury which ia proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful uiisconduot of the worker. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oI Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is. j exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 26 (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £s'}o 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 (3d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, overy additional £50 or part of £50 16. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding tSO, Is; overy 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 it a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tlie amount of the consideration for sale 7s (id. 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 uf the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, J 1885," W any Act amending the i ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10a. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than oil demand: For evory sum not exceeding £25, tid,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to- '3s, the same duties as the. original instr lament j 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 exoeed £50 3s for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, life insurance offices, and firms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or oompanies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the oolony in an account which has not been oper ated on for six or more years; such register to be open tor inspection ei. payment of a fee; register to be pivbliihed in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of sudh notica is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE- 1 Ailsa Craig, it of a good strain, is, the best of the large sorts—a ahape'y, clt an-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globej James's Keeping, and Brown Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the white-skinned wiflties are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by soring i. ii .mil 1 ,ii NO COLD IS "NAZOL" PROOF. Sharland's absolutely is the Baking Powder. Purest, strongest and cheapest. Sharland's is bouud to rise. Get ib from your grocer. Advt. When next yon ©ake scones, rolls or cakes, uee SHARLANITS Baking Potdsr—and watch thorn rise i Costs lesa others—worti mors. Adri

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm ; tow thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for tli® 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. J3y section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council's 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 him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worked' .iny 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 fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence.oetween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which in not, aa far as practicable, ©oatinaoas throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE itf>AD. 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 rijriit you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On the left Bhould be left enough of clear space Foi the people #ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of inonew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding 1b; 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 (S3' and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and lloyal 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 issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON NZ. 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 am. Berne 1 oam. Bombay ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbano 10 80 am. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a tho ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegotable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n.ay be gained by sowing the ftrass seed during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised .uid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Uis; Festuca teriuiFolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 2lbs; Lolium t-euuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Seinpervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. fa'ome of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save tlie knives oi the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupier of the land on whicii they are trespassing; but in tho case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention uf such cattle, a 6 provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN AGUE. tJarley, 2J to 2} bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, L* to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile. 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1| bushals; 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 pKt; rye, 2i to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bus- - hels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 84 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 Ibi; wheat- 2i to 2} bushels.

DANGER SIGNALS. 9 There are two serious signals oi kidney ills." The first signal comes from the back 'with numerous aches aii'l pains. The socorid signal conies in the kidney secretions, tne urine is thin and pale or too highly coloured! and showing briok-dust-like deposit. Urination is infrequent, too frequent, or excessive. You should hoecf these danger signals before chronic complications set in—diabetes, dropsy, Bright's disease. Take Doan's Backache Kidney Pills in time and the cure is simple. Mm A. P.errin, Rangitikei road, Palmers ton North, saya: "'During the past fourteen years a statement has been appearing in the papers to 'ftie effect that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills has cured! my husband 01 backache and disordered secretions, as a ltssult of a •old in the kidneys. That statement j j true in every particular and after a lapse of fourteen years 1 can give this remedy even greater praise for lie k still well to-day. Berore he used Doan's Baokacho lvidney Pills he constantly got cold in the kidneys and would suffer with backache andi disordered secretions. But Doan's i J il!s banished the backache and made Ins kidneys strong and well, and permanently ended his suffering." Do you feel as well as you ought or are you troubled with backache, weaK back, headaches, depression of spirits, gravel, urinary or bladder weakness, or any other common symptom of kidney trouble? Remember the kidneys are the most important organs of the body; they need care. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are special kidney help; they will put your kidneys into good working order. l' ore sale by alchemists and storekeepers at 8s per bottle (six bottles l<ss 6d), or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster-Mc-Ciellan Co., 76 Pitt-street, Sydmey. But, be sure you get DOAN'S.