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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 December 1915, Page 4

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: • cHiNTSvTo travellers:; ■;;.■'■/ : ; ;'■ :uk' OI|BN ;00MTEY. ' •■;' ; 11 ulLknown ground is to he'trayaraed' and a long day's, journey, lies before you, be careful ,iq> make an early dtai't iu the morning, ascertain leading diroctions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as timo 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 as not lost n making enquiiies there regarding vour road. . - .

-Never travel'mthout noatehee. iSeyer take, a snort cut over swampy Or unknown ground. I Always'follow sheep or cattle.tracks in the direction for which you are ' making.. . If overtaken by fog, siiould you know a pohut guide youi-eoif by it, and erabrace every chance oi a clearance of the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you luiois t»atik, return at oaco without fail tj the point at which you lost 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 yoursoli sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward oircmnfitancea in the way of gatnering ore 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 awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to £11 up the gaps in, the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. WORKMEN'S OOMPfiiNtiATION JMLt. 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, compeusation to be a weekly payment not lees than £1 a week, and total liability of enipioyer not to exceed £500. An employer not to bo 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 Agree- | moilfc, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where tlie amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, Xti Ud, exceed £100, and does not exceed £-'>0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £o(?0 15s, exceeds J&i>oo 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £000 Dui uot £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 lid, exceeds £25, and uot exceeding tioO Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running for any; amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon e-aoh. hill of the set as to make up the same duty as n a single- bill were drawn for the amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: • For every £50 or part ox £50 of toe amount of the consideration for' sate, /s(xl. Any; instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor u nominal consideration or "where 110 consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £oU of the amount or value ox tlx© property conveyed or transferred, or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, xtfßs/' any Act amending the >ume at the date when sack instrument takes elfect, 10s. Promissory i\o tea. —l'ayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: l'or every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 aixd not exceeding £50, la.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where sucli duty does not amount to 'is, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transf era.—U oner ally 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 £50 3c 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 all duty up to £5000 in respect; to every succession by lineal descendant "or ancestor.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS livery company (including banks, lifa insurance offices, and firms 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; such register to be open lor inspection u. 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 wfcose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years or auah notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

.ONION CULTURE. Ailsa "Craig," if of a good strain, in, the best of the large,sorts—a shape'y, cUan-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the lioccac. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and tiro* n Spanish are all excellent lata keepers None of . the white-skinned vv'isties are worth growing, except' ior piokling. Fickling-onions are "obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen orsome sort. aboil -the middle of Isovemoer. The soil should be jpoor, aucl made him j mjw thickly, and do not tliin the plants./ WOItKEIIS* DWELLINGS.

.Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect ioi- the occupation of workers employed oi'£reaidenfc 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 Aot, 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 liim 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 (8.7). 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 cetween such lands, although Buch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, m far va practicable, oeniinuoas 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 dure to go right, If you turn to the you go wrong. But in walking the otreets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left Bhould be left enough of clear space Foi the people *ho 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, 66c. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are Bfcill a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bauk Note Issue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEANTIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... ... 10 0 a.m. Adea . ... ... ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 oam. Bombay .7. .. ... 5 21 n. m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 a in. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 * tn.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season ruay be gained by sowing the l seod during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised ,ui<l trodden down firmly. The following is a good if procurable;— Crested Dog-tail, 2iKe; Festuua louuifolia. 41bs; Fesfcuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenno, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Semporvirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, arid will form a very good lawn, and il kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may alao be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer .admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nafcare, sowing tlio seeds should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as c»oon as the machine will act. Some >rel6r the scythe for the tirst time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives 01 the mower.

IMPOUNDING CA'ITLE, BJO,

All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by tlie occupier of the land on whici they are .trespassing; bui ni the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaiin auy damages except fees for driving, or >ot giving notice of the detention ui vjcL cattle, as provided in the _ Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tJarley, 2J to 2J bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; 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 j mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl ra'bi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4" lbslinseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1§ bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20. lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, whito, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzol, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to <1 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbe; rape or cole, 1 pKt; rye, 2| .to 3 bushels; rye grasa (if drilled, onllfourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2)' bushels; do., spring, 2 to 1\ bushels; trifoliura incarnaturn, 24 lbs; .turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 11)b; wheat. 21 to 2J bushel*. \

.. IS IT. YOUK KIDNEY'S? Don t Mistake liio Uutiae of lour ( Tioubles. Alany people nerer-suspect their . ld-ik-yis. It'suffering uom a lame, weak or aching back they think that it is Only a/muscular weakness; when urinary trouble sets in they tlunk it will soon correct itself. And so it is "with all other symptoms of Kidney disorder. That is whore the danger often lies. You should realise that these troubles often lead to dropsy or Bright's disease. An elective remedy tor weaK or diseased .kidneys is Doau's Backache • Kidney Fills, Itead this experience. : Mr xN. P. Jensen of leathers ton-street, Falmerston North, saysMy kidneys gave me a lot of trouble and 1 suffered acutely, but lam convinced alter,.my experience with Doan's Backache JVidney Fills that Urn remedy .is a certain cure for all ills arising ironi the disorder ot these important organs.- Aty ck aclicd severely and every movement caused me great pain especially stooping. The kidney secretions were affected, 1 had dropsical swellings on my legs and ankles and i could not get proper rest at night. i'revious to using Doan's Backache Kidney Fills, I tried all sorts of medicines, but nothing seemed to be suitable. Doan's Fills, nowever, did me good almost at once and six bottles cured me completely. 1 now enjoy splendid health, thanks U) this grand remedy and it gives me great, pleasure to be able to publicly recommend it to other Kidney sufferers.' Doan's Backache lvjuney Fills are sold I by all chemists and store-Jkcepers at -is per bottle (six bottles 10s 6d) or will T ba posted on receipt oi price by I'osteriUcOlellan Co., 70 fitt-street, Sydmy. But, be sure .you get Doan's