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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1916, Page 4

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EOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early atart iii the morning, ascertain leading 'lircations before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as timo thua 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 'our 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 axe 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, tyad make a fresH start on die right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete ail possible arrangements for personal comfort under- such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which "place in rear of a tiax bush. If rain- 1 ing, tie the ends of the llax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the ram 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. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death rcsulte, £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 ill a week, and total liability ot employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect ot an iujury 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, 3a. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £S'JO 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceediug £25 tkl, exceeds £25, and not exceeding tSO Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running •>iugly, for any amount not exceeding USO, Is; every additional £50 or part ot' £50, Is.; if uraivn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty as n a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: I'or every £50 or part ol £50 of tiie amount of tho 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 e<very £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment -Vet, I 1<585,'' or any Act amending the >ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10a. Promissory Notes—Payment on demaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, Od,; exceeding £25 and not ! exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £00, Is. Duplicate or • counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Hs, the same duties as the original instr<i>ment; 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 exceed iioO 3a 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 a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or an-

cestor. UNCLAIMED MONEYS -Kvcry company (including banks, life insurance offices, and Arms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies:) must yearly register ail unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor a ted on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection ti. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years or each notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer.

ONION CULTURE. Aitsa Craig, if of a good strain, < s , the best of the large sorts—a shape y, cli an-looking bulb, and keeps loader than the Rocoas. Brown Globe, 0.-J----den Globe, James's Keeping, and Bros* ii Spanish axe all excellent late keepers None of the' white-skinned rviaties 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 Bhould/ be pool', and made firm; mdw thickly, and do not thin the plants.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. .Borough Councils ore empowered by Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect tor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' 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, (Jouncils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provider 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 *n<ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances. and the payment of advances ,and the payment of purchase-money hy 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 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, it fir u practicable, oontinuomsthroughout its length. THE RULES OF THE JtiOAD. 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 streets 'tis a dif- j ferent case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On tho left, should be left enough of clear space 1' oi the people kho 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 31 Vic. c. ID, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890).

Bank notes'are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bauk Note Issue Act, 1893 ' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAtf TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden 8 31 a.m. Alexandria % ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 am. Borne 1 oam. Bombay ... .. ... 5 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 p.m. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane ... 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 * tn.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a 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 sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ~nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Es; Festuca tenui--folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium te.nuifolia ■ perenne, . 201bs; White clover ,2)bs; Trifolinm minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41 lis of eacn. This mixture will suffice tor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close acswers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native pons and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. U 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 »reler tho scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will sa?e the knives ot the mo*var.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by tho occupier of the land oil ivhic> they are trespassing; but m tlio case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'oi civilly notice of the detention vi such cattlc, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEfiIDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. oarley, 2} to 2J bushels; beans, S to 2£ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I, tx> 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, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, li bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 Ibe; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 21 to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J Vusbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2i bushels; do.. Bpring, 2 to bushels; trifolin.m incarnatum, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble. 4 lbs; wheat. 2J to 21 bushels.