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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1916, Page 4

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i'OK HEADY REKEREN CE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. if unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be carelul to make an early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain tj understand them thoroughly, as time thus spent is not lost on a long day's jouruey. Should you lose your way, aud know of any habitation within reacli, a mile or two is not -lost o making enquiries there regarding "our luad. Never travel without matches .Never take a sliort cut over sivampy qv unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks ia the direction for which you are making. If 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 your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail tj the point at which you lost it, aud make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a cheltered spot before darkness sets in, giviug yourself sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements tor personal comfort under such un toward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, tor bed, which place in rear of a Has bush. If raining, tie the ends of the liax to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awmug to cover the body and thirow the rain olf. This, with, tussocks to fill up +he gaps iu the flax covering, will make uot such uncoiufoj'tablo quarters for the night as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreeuiout, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 IDs, £200 and does not exceed £6'7t> lus, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but uot £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. i'.n's. not txceediug £25 Gd, exceeds £25, and not exceediug jloO is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills ol iixchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise thau on demand, if running siL'gly, tor any amount not exceeding i-oil, li,, every additional £50 or part ui £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up ike same duty at u a single tail were drawn for the amount.

Conveyance. —Conveyance on dale : tor every £50 or part ol £50 of tlio amount ot the consideration tor sale. 7s tid.

Any instrument whereby any properly is legally or equitably transferred to ur vested in any uerson tor a nominal ixiuisidwation or where no consideration passes, for wery £50 or part of ui the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under 'Tho Property Assessment Act, idiSo,'' oj any Act amending the -an.e at tho date when oiich instrument takei. elfect, 10s. Promissory NoLes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than ou demand: For every sum not exceeding £2u, ijd,; 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 Ss, the sauio duties'as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, di-i same duties ae would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreesoont to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent docs not exceed £00 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 uy lineal descendant or ancestor. 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 ailed 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 of an injury which is proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, life insurance offices, and firms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or compauies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony, in an account which lias not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection 11. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known addrest of person in whoso name money stands; and money not claimed within two years ot such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULXUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, <s, the best of the large Borte—a shape y, clt an-lookiug bulb, and keeps lon Sicilian the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, Jamea's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish aae all excellent lat« keepers None of the white-akinned rviatie# are worth growing, except lor pickling. Pick ling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, abot: the middle of November. The sc.'i should be pour,-and made firm; miv thickly, and do not thin the plant.-. 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 the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal 'Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker lor 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 -''-ny separate worker's dwolling. 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 OP FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule ss a eafficieut 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 suuh 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, as far as praotie&ble, ooatinaoss thioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE wOAD. 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 different case; To the right it is right wbn shoald 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 brouse coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the cas 3 of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reigu of Queen Victoria (33' and 31 Vic. c. 10, 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 of the bank of issue ("Bank Note l«ue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ Z. MEAN TIME. Aa compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... S 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 am. Berlin 1 23 a in. Berne 1 0 a m. Bombay ... .. ... 5 21 a.m. Boston . . ... ... 7 46 pm. Brirtdisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 »to. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground sliould be trenched as directed lor ilio vegetuDle garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can bu prepared in March, a season n:a.v be gained bj sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dty,-lail, 21175; Festuca tenuifolia, -libs; Festuea duruscula, 21bs; Luliuni temiifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Bibs; l'oa Neuioralis and Sempervirens 41 bs of each. This mixture will ~uffiee tor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns uiay also be nad from any seedsman. Some ?>f jur native poa;; and other grasses woild answer admirably i<>r lawn purposes. II the ground ir- oi a retentive natire, &*-•« iug the .should t«o deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some >refer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowiig; this will save the knives ot the mon'ar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE. El'G. All trespassing cattle ruaj be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whicfc they are trespassing; but m the case ot unfenced land, the ocea pier is not entitled to eiaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'oi giving notice of the detention ur vich cattle, at; provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. Harley, '2i to ZJ bushels; beans, 2 to '2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, lj bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to I plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; iwvrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do._ for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 1 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled. 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; lins<?ed. for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel? ; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less). 2 to 2i Vasbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2| bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliu.sn incarnatum, 84 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; tnrnip stubble. 4 lbg; wbf>at 2$ to fcushels.