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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 January 1916, Page 3

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FOlt 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 start id the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as time thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Shouid you ioee 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 short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in tiie direction for which you are making. If overtaken by fog, siiould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance ot a clearance of the Hying 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 camp out overnight, ohooso a sweltered spot before darkntsss sets in, giving youxsell sufficient time to complete all 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 flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the iiax 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 fixe flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION fc'Oß ACCIDENTS.

Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit-of liability where death results, £60, 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 £1 a week, and total, liability ot employer not to exceed £500. An employer hot to be liable in respect ot 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 ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.'; exceed 4220, does not exceed £50, 2s Ud, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. I'.n's. not exceeding £25 lid., exceeds £25, and not exceeding j£so Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of .Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running 6.ugly, for any amount not exceeding Lo(J, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a 6et, sucii sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty as u a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on dale: i'or every £50 or part ot £50 of tiie 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 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, I 1885,'' or any Act amending the 'ame aL the date when suoh instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: I' or every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and noo exceeding £50, Is.; every additional I £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties aa the original mstrotliient; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, Uie 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 £o0 3;: for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. Par 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.

(JNtrt, AIMED MONEYS

livery company (including'banks, life insurance offices, and ttrms 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 a ted on for six or more years; ouch register to be open ior inspection payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Govern'aeui Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known add res* of person in whose name money stands; and money ;;ot claimed within two years ot such neb Los is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION OULTj/RE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, >&, the best of the large Boris—a ahape'y, citan-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, CK'Jden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brov a Spanish air© all excellent late'keepers. None of the white-skinned "ft/jatiea are worth growing, except tor pickling. Picklirig-onioiis are obtained by 'sowing ! — —

seed of White Queen or some sort. ab,i.t the middle of .November. The soil should be pool', and made firm; &ow thickly, and do not thin the plants.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS,

Borough Councils are empowered by Ihe 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 be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils axe further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let iand to a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to acquire laud and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker iiny 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, u far a* praotie*bl®, eeaiinaots tbioughout its length.

THE RULES OF THE jttf}AD.

The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; if or in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are <ure to go right, If you turn to the ryrht 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 Foi the people vho 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 caso of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase ol gold, coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge ou the assets of the bank of rssue ("Bank Note 'Issue Act. 1893'

TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \" Z MEAN TIME.

As compared with— Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 a.m. Aden . . S 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 60 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 a m Berne , 1 0 am. Bombay ... 5 21 a. m: Boston . . ... ... 7 46 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.vn, the ground should be trencliod directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n.ay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..ud trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 &; Festuca tenuifolia, 4!bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Loliuni tenuitolia perenne, 20lbs, White clover ,'Jlbs; Trifolium ruinor. 81bs; Poa Xemoralis and Semperviren? 4lbn of oacfi. This mixture will uffice for half an-acre, and will form a very good lawu, and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be flad from any seedsman. Some of .>ur native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor iawn purposes. If the ground is ol a retentive nat.ire,. sowing the seeds should De deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some >reter the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol the rnowar.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC,

All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of (he land on whiofc they arc trespassing; but in the case of un fenced land, the oce-i. pier is not entitled to claim any dam ages except fees (or driving, or 'c giving notice of the detention ui *'jcb cattle, as provided iu the Second Schedule.

MEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE.

darley, 2§ to 2| bushels; beans; 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, lj bushels; cabbage (drumhead); to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; tuj-ze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 Ibe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant; 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, li busbrtls, luoerne, broadcast, 20 lbs: do., drilled, 15 lbs"; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel.*; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pst; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant. 5 bushels: tares, winter, 21 bushels; do., spfing, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolinni incarnatum, 5t4 lbs; tiiriiip. 2 to 8 lbs; tnrnip 'stbbble. 4 lbs; wbf j at. 2i to 2} bushels.

IS IT YOUR KIDNEY'S?

JJon't Mistake the Cu'isu iuur Troubles. Many people lievei' suspect liu-ii idneye. If suffering uom a lame, weak or aching back they think that it is uniy a muscular weakness; when uuiiary trouble sets in they think it will soon correct itself. 'And so it is with all other symptoms of Kidney disorder. That is where the danger often lies. iou Bhould realise that these troubles often lead to dropsy or iiright's disease. An effective remedy for weak or diseased kidneys is Doan's liackaohe Kidney Pills. Read this experience. Mr iN. Jensen of PeatJierston-street, Palnierstou North, says:—My kidneys gave uio a lot of trouble and 1 suffered acutely, but lam convinced alter my experience ivilii Doan's iiaokaehe ivaduey Pills that tliib remedy is a certain cure for all ills aiising irom tlio disorder oi these important organs. Jly Ck ached severely and every niovemeux caused mo gloat pain especially stooping. 'l'he kidney secretions were attested, J had dropsicai swellings on m;, legs and ankles and i could not get proper rest at night. Hovious to using Doan's Backache Ividney Pills, 1 tried all soi Us of medicines, but nothing seemed to be suitable. Doan's Pills, nowever, did uie good almost at once •-nU six bottles cured me completely. 1 now enjoy splendid health, thanks T -o 1 this grand remedy and it gives me great | pleasure to be able to publicly recommend it to other jvidney sufferers.' Doan's Backaehe iuuney Pills are sold by ail chemists and store-keepers at pei bottle (six bottles ids Sd) or will bi posted on leceipt oi price by i'ostecMcUellan Co., 76 I'itt-strcet, Sydn;y. But, be sure<you get Doan's

A .PA ill WARNING

Oue that should be heeded by all. I'requuntly the Si'st sign of kidney trouble is a slight acne or pain in thi j loins. .Neglect of this warning makut, the way easy loi' l% moi\i serious troubles —dropsy, gravel, iiright's disease, well to pay attention & tue first sign. Weak kidneys generally grow weaker aud delay is often dangerous. Residents of this locality place reliance in Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. This tested remedy has "been used in kidno,> trouble for years, ami is recommend ju al! over the civilized world. Reau tne iollowing:— Mr A. i£. Dunn, Avenue lioad, i('oxtoo, UJi I—My kidceya irora MtioKtij; disordered for some time. 1 nad severe aching pains across iny oacii which handicapped me a! lot at my work, as 1 could not stoop or move quickly without increased suffering. My rest at night was disturbed ana during the day i used to feel tired anil languid, having no energy for anything. 1 was also subject to dizty turns. That sums up the extent oi my health troubles, brought about sole ly by the improper action of my kidneys, so now I will say a few worsts concerning the mediaine that cured me—Doan's Backache Kidney PillsI heard of this remedy from a friend and got some without delay. One bottle gave me great relief and th :eo bottles oi' these grand pills restored mv t.' perfect health. This did not hap pen yesterday but twelve months ago, and 1 have had no return of my oi' 1 complaint since. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills arc sold by chemists and storekeepers at 3s per bottle (six bottleo 16e Bdy, o- will be posted on receipt of prion by Footer-McQellan Co., 76 Pitt-tsreet, Sydney. But be sure you get DOAN'S.