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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 December 1915, Page 4

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v.,-?-/jv*.;..f,' . FOR READY REFERENCE. -'hints to travellers

IN OPM COUNTRY.

If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's 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, aa timo thus spent ia not lost on a long day's journey. Should, you lose your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two ia not lost ; n making enquiries there regarding your road.

Never travel without matches. Never take a aliort 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.

it compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yoarseli 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 llax to tussocks around, so as to trom a. gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up *.he 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 aifect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where-total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not lees 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 ia proved to be directly attributable t-o the serious and wilful miscouduot of the worker* STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, is 3d with letters, etc., 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation [whore the amount does uot exceed £20, Is. j 'JXceed JJ2O, does not exceed £50, '2t> (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £'/)0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s.

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

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

Bills of Exchange. Oon deinaud. 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, lor any. amount not exceeding toU, 1§; every additional £55t or part 'of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the samo duty as it a. sintfjle bill were drawn for the amount-

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale; For every £50 <vr part ot £50 oof the amount of the consideration for sale. 7s Od.

Any instrument whereby, any, property is legally or eyaitabiy (transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or whore no consideration, passes, for every JL'SO or part of £50 of tho amount or value oi .the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under ''The Property Assessment Act, idtiii/' or any Act amending the -ame at the date wiien suck instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory i\otes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise tlian pn demand: b'or every sum not exceeding £25, (id, j exceeding £25 amd not exceeding £50, is.; every ■ aclditionil £00 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with dnty, where such uuty does not amount to 3s, tho same duties aa the original mentj m any other case '6a. Land Transfers.—Generally speakiug, the same duties aa would have been playable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to /witi/.out any consideration by way of premium ; Wile re. rent does not exceed £50 3a for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. bor any instrument affecting a partition of lands. upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in aespect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. UiN'CLAIMJSD MONEYS

Every company {including banks, lifj insurance offices, and tirina acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the oolony in an account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open tor inspection tu payment of a feej register to be.publiahed in the New Zealand Govern nieuo Gazette annually} notice to be seat to last known add res* of person in wtoye name . money sfcan ds; and money nos claimed -within two years'or suoh riotk-w is to be paid over t® the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE. !•

Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, .a, the best of-the large 'oorta—a ahape'j, cUan-looking bulb, and'fi'eeps:,'longer • than the Eoccas.Urown -Glohe;" Ofl-- 7 ' den Globe, Jamea'a Keeping, aid Brow n • Spanish aa-e all excellent 'lata-lco'epera. ■ None of the white-skinned are ' worth growing, except ior pickling.'| Pick Ling-onion- axe obtained by soring

seed of White Queen or some sort, abov.t the" middle -of - November. The soil , should: be - poor, and made firm; sow j thickly, and do not .thin the plant®. | WORKERS' DWELLINGS. j Borough Councils are empowered by 1 Iho Municipal Corporations Act to erect [ tor 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, Councils axe further empowered' ixT regard to workefs' The flection 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 it'' workers 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 anyof 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 Detween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which io not, m fa* M practicable, os®tin«ofs throughout its length. \ TELE RULES'OF THE wOAD. The Rule of' tie Road is * 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 rifdrt you go wrong. - But'in "walking the streets 'tis a different case;' To the I 'right* it is right wou should steer, On the left should bo left enough of dear, space For £he/people tfho wish to walk there.' LEGAL; TENDER.

Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof broniie ooina, for any amount not exoeeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. p. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamar tion 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 N* Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.in. Aden ... ... ••• 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ■ 0 60 a.m. Berlin ••• ••• 1 23 am. Borne ••• ••• 1 Oam. Bombay ... •• ••• 521 a.m. Boston • • ••• ••• T46p m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 nm. LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during tlie autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the sood during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .vnd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Us; Kestuca tenuiFolia. 41bs; Fest'uca duruscula, 21bs; .Lolium tenuifolia porenne, 201bs; 'White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuin minor, j bibs; Poa ,iS'emoralis and Sempervirens 'libs of/each. This mixture; will 'ufj lice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn; and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures lor laying down lawns may also be cad from any seedsman. tiome of aur 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 >refer .tlie scythe for - the first time of cutting! Roll previous to mowing; .this .will'save the knives or tlie tnotfar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE,..ETC. All trespassing' cattle may be !m' pou.'ided by the occupicr of ihe land un <vhicft'they are trespassing;' but iu iho case of unfum-ed land; 1 the ocodpier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except , fees, (or driving, or 'ot jjving notice of the detention ui vi'ch cattle, an provided: in the Second Schedule. ' ' dEEDS REQUI RED TO ACHE. e parley, 2| to 35J fcnahelsbeans, 2 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant;, \ lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o~;rot in' drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1, i».17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 io 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage)/ to transplant, 1 lb; do!; drilled. 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2J\ bushels; linseed, for «eed, 1} bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 Ibe; do., "drilled, 15 lbs ; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wortzel; 5 lbs; oats, 3 to- 4 bushels; parsnip,! 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 P*t; rye, 2V ! to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees j, 2 to 2J VjsJ:els; sainfoin, giant! 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do.! spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifolium incamatqm, M lbs; turnip, 2 to BJbs; turnip «tnbbl«, f ibs; wheat. 2i to 2| bushels.

TV.'SURE AGAINST SUFFERING. For eighteen pence you can ins>u« yourself and family against any bad insults from an attack of diarrhoea dysentery. That is the price of a bott' ot Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy—a medicine which never fails to give relief. In severe cases the victims must suffer intense pain before medicine can bo obtained or a physician summoned. Can you afford to take the risk for so small an amount? Why not keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand. For sola everywhere id?t. PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE Biliousness is caused by a sluggish torpid liver due to constipation or irregularity of the flow of bile. Chamberlain's Tablets relieve biliousness by cleansing the stomach liver and bowels, i! you are subject to bilious attacks prevent them by taking a course of Chamberlain's Tablets. They will stimulate your sluggish, torpid liver. For sale everywhere. Adrt. HEWARIfi OF A COLD. Beware of a cola. When neglected you don't know what the end may be. I c yon fully realized the danger you would certainly give every cold the attention it deserves. As a quick relief in advanced cases and a preventative in the first stages there is nothing t.- equal Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Pneumonia never results from a cold when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy '.s For sain everywhere. Advt.