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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 January 1916, Page 4

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FOR READV REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS I IN OPEN COUNTRY, i If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make au early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoitoughly, 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 short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattlo tracks in the direction tor which you are ' making. 1 it overtaken by fog, should you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance ot a clearance of the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide youx path. Should you miea track, return at once .without fail t«> 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 yourself 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 tlax 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 tho night as nrtmy suppose. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is isd with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not, exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, do'js not exceed £50, 2s lid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; excoeds £1000, 355. JL'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding jtoO Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise I.Ji»u on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding iSO, Is; every additional £50 or part ot £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each hill ol the set as to make up the sumo duly as u a single bill v. ere drawn for the amount. Conveyance. — Conveyance on sale: For every £50 ur part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration loj*salt> 7s Od. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested m 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 convoyed or transferred or assessed under ''The Property Assessment 'let, i 083,' oi- any Act amending the -anie at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. I'jomissoiy Notes.—Payment on demand 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 £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the samo duties as the original instr-i----luent; m any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement, to Lease, withj out any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £o0 ifc for every additional £50 or part o; £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 ancestor. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability whore death results, £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 £1 a week, and total liability ot employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect ol an injury which is proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker. UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, lif a insurance offices, and hints acting as agents or private bankers far individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor a tod on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection ci. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Govern»nent Gazette annually j notice to be seat to | last known address of person in whose name money stands; and monsv not claimed within two years of Huch notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE- I Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large sorts—a ahapey, clt an-lookiug bulb, and keeps long^ r than the Roccas. Brow to Globe, Gulden (Jlohe, Jamee's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish are all excellent late keepers None of the white-skinned rviatie* are worth growing, except lor pickling. Pick ling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, aboi-t the middle of November. The soil should be pool', and made firm; sow 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 be in th.6 hands of the Council. 13y section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectioii jjrovides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker for the purpose of erect'ing a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woi-Ker to enable him to acquire laud and build a worker's dwelling thereon j (3) sell to a worked - .ijjy separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and tho 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 liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ifl not, m far m practicable, ooatinuoas throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE kOAI). The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, if you boar to the left you are dure to go right, If yon turn to the ri>rht 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 ffho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally he made—in the cas eof bronee coins, for any amount .not exceeding Is; in the cas'j of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th cease of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reigu of Queeir Victoria (S3 and 34 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 on tiie assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note l.=-sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden S 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 am. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 am. Berne 1 0 am. Bombay .. ... 5 21 a.>n. Boston . . ... ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels ... ... 6 34 «tn. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is dewired to form a la.vu, 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:— Cresti"! Dog-tail, 21135; Festuca tenuifolia, 4lbs; Festucu duruscula, 21bs; Loliuni tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; Whito clover ,21bs; Trifolium luiuor, 81ba; Poa Nemoralis and Seinpervirens libs of oacfi. Tim mixture will suffice tor half au 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 wo'ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is oi a retentivo nat-ire, sowing the seeds should he deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some irefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous. to movvi.ig; this will save the knives ot the moi«r.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC

All trespassing cattle maj be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whick they aid trespassing; but iti the case of unfenced land, the occjpier is not entitled to claim any damages exce£>t fees for driving, or 'ot giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tiarley, 2J to 3f bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; cn/rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, " . to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile. 3 to i lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled. 4 Ibs j linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15„.1b5; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel.«; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J Vus~ bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 24 lbfi; turnip. 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble. 4 lbs; wheat- t" twhalß.