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Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 January 1916, Page 4

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— i'OR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN OOUiNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, bo careful to mako an early start in 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 journey. Should you lose your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lost making enquiries there regarding vour road. Nover travel without matches Never take a short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction i'or which you are making. 1 f overtaken by fog, should you know a point, guido 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 t-j the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a jit el to red spot before darkness sets in, giviug youxselt sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements tor 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 raining, tie the ends of -the Has to tussocks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain olf. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, wiil make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not. exceed £20, Is.; oxcced HiO, do'js not exceed £50, 2s Od, exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 16s, exceeds £500 20s. same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. l-'.n's. uot exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding ±,50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, lor any amount not exceeding LbU, Is; ciery additional £50 or part ot £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bdl ot tho set as to make up the same duly as n a single bill were drawn for the amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: i'or every £50 part oi £50 of tho amount of tho consideration for sale <~s Od.

Auy instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal i.oiiisitierutiou or where no consideration p:isses, for ewory £50 or part of £50 uf tlie amount or vaiuo ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, iSßs,'' oi any Act amending the -ame at the date when such instrument takes eit'ect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on deuiand 2d, Payable otherwise than on demand: Eor evory sum not exceeding £25, od,; exceeding £25 and notexceeding £50, 18.; every additional 150 or part of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instri>ment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally 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 £ou o;: for every additional £50 or part ot £50 3s. h'oa- any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldier's' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession i>y lineal descendant or ancestor. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION KOli ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death rosulte, £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 lees 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 Urms acting as agents or private bankers for indivi'l uals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been oper ated on for six or more years; such register to be open iot inspection ti. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Governitieut Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known addres* of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of auah notices is to bo paid over-to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, m, the best of the large sorts—a ahape'y, clt an-looking bulb, and kaepe lon<£«r than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Golden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish aire all excellent late keepers None of the whito-ekinned vvMties are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, atout the middle of November. The aoi ; should be poor, and made firm; wiv 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 the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils aae further empowered in regard to "workers' dwellings. The section 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 a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker .iiiy 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 any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a pafiicient 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. Dut no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, am far m praotissble, eoatinuons throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ±tf>AD. lhe Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, ii you bear to the left you are «sure to go right, If yon turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou sho.ild steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people vho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of inonew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caa-j 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 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 the assets ot tbe bank of •issue ("Bank Note Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... 10. 0 a.m. Aden . .. ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 am. Berlin .. .. ... 1 23 am. Berne 1 0 am. Bombay ... 6 21 am. Boston . . .. ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am, Brussels '6 24 * m LAYING DOU ; LAWN. When it is desired to form a lavn, the ground should be trenched as directed !<n the vegetable garden my time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season uui be gained bj sowing the ftrass seed during that month; the surface must, be thoroughly pulverised <.nd troddeu duivu firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Us; Festuca teuuifolia, -libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lulium U'uuifolia perenne, 201 bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 4Jb.s of eatTi. This mixture will 'uffice for half an 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 nad from any soedsinan. Some of our uative pons and other grasses wo ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, solving the seeds should Do deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some ireler the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol the moivar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. Alt trespassing cattle rnaj be im pounded by the occupior of (he land on whiclf they are trespassing; but rn the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention of such [ cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. BEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Parley, 2i. to 8J bushels; beans, 2 to 2$ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1| bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. «) 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 i linseed, for flax, 2t bushels; linseed, for seed, IJ bushols; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; fiats, 3 to 4 bushel.*; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2i to 3 bushels: rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less). 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bnshela; tares, winter, 2$ bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2| bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 24 : lbs; turnip, 2 to S lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lb*; wheat- 21 to 2} bushels.