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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 December 1915, Page 4

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FOR. READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a.long day's journey lies hefore you, bo careful'to make an early start in the morning, ascertain leading" directions hefore 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 vour road. ■Never travel-without matches. Never take a snort 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 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 yoursolf sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoAvard circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass lor bed, which place in rear of a flax 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, 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 aftect 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 employ or not to exceed £600. 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 oi Valuation where the j, amount does not exceed £20, Is.; ex- \ <;oed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, i exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £b% j 15s, exceeds £500 20s. ] Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exli coeds £1000, 355. ? P.n's. not exceeding £25 lid, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every ,| additional £50 or part of £50 Is. [ 10s. i .Bilk of Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding i. i-50, Is; every additional £50 or part [ oi £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such i .sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the saino duly as 11 a single bill wero drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tiio amount oi the consideration for sale 7s Gd. 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 tlie amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, i 1.885," £§ any Act amending the -ame 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, Gd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument ckargeablo with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instrorraent; m any other case 3s. Laud 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 oxceed £od 3a for every additional £60 or part of £50 3s. 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, 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 whioh has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such R-egister to/ be open tor inspection oi. payment of a fee; register to be published 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 such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE.

Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, i&, the best of the large sorts—a shape y, clt an-looking bulb, arid keeps longer than the Rocoas. Brown Globe, Golden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brown Spanish are all excellent lata keepers. | None of the white-skinned vvtatiea are ! worth growing, except tor pickling. 'Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or, some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; mhv thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. .Borough Councils are empowered by the 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 he 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 sectiou 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 worker any 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 lift Die to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, M far. as praotieable, ooatinnoas throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE wOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are .sure 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 should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Fox the people rrho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of nionew may legally be made—in the cas cof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, nof exceeding 40s; in th ecaso of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 34 Vic. c. 10, eec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890).

Bank notes are now legal tender in Now Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bauk Note Issuo 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. Borlin ... 1 23 a ni. Borne 1 0 a ra. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 40 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 *»m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la ami, the ground should bo trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a beacon may be gained by sowing the gra.ss seed during that mouth; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .uid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21bs; Eestuca tenuifoiia, 41bs; Eestuca duruacula, 21bs; Lolium teuuifolia porenne, 201bs; White clovor ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be cad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirahly lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. 1101 l previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC All trespassing cattle may be iu> pounded by the occupier of the laud on whicli thoy are trespassing; hut in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or lot giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. riarley, 2J to ZJ bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pigs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs;'clover, I. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for foed, 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, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, H bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, Bto 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 2i bushels; trifoliuim incarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbi; wheat* 2J to 2J bushels.