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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1916, Page 4

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-♦ IVOR 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 stait iu Liit) morning, ascertain loading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as time tlius 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 B making enquiries there regarding 'our road. Never travel without matches. Never take a short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sJieep or cattle tracks in the direction tor wliicli you are making. i If overtaken by fog, bug aid you know 1 a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance of a clearance of the llying mist, however slight, to <tiscern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail tu the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on tlio right track. 11 compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giviug yourself sufficient time u> complete all possible arrangements lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which place in rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends ol the flax 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 uiicomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES.

Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3a. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £ r SOO 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 Od, exceeds L 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 LOO, Its; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to irake up the samo duty as it a single L'ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: lor every £50 ivr part ol £50 of tiie amount ot the consideration tor sale. 7a 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 every £50 or part of £50 ui the amount or value ox the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885,'' out- any Act amending the 'ime at tho date when such instrument takes, effect, 10s.

Promissory Notes. —Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than od demand: i'or every sum not exceeding £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part, of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties aa the original instroiuient; in any other case ite. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, tile 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 £ao 3v. for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s.

i<or 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. 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 effect employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity tor work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability of employer .not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect of an i/ijury which ie proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker. UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including b&nke, life insurance offices, and firms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals 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 lor inspection ti. payment of a feej register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years oi such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large aorta—a shape y, ch an-looking bulb, and keeps lons«?f than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n (Spanish are all excellent lata keepers None of the <?*.-iaties are worth growing, except lor pickling. Pick ling-onions are obtained by sowing NO GOLD IS "NAZOL" PROOF. Sharland's absolutely is the Baking Powder. Purest, strongest and cheapest. Sharland's is bound to rise. Get it from your grocer. Advt. When next you bake scones, rolls or cakes, use SHARLAND'S Baking Pord«r—and watch them risei Costs less others—-worth mors. Adr*

seed of White Queen or some sort, ah.iit [ the middle of iSovetnuer. The soil ■ should bo poor, and made tirmj iow j thickly, and do not thin tho plants. ; WORKERS' DWELLINGS. j Borough Councils are empowered by ilio Municipal Corporations Act to erect fou' the occupation of workers employed of resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings By purchase or otherwise, and render theon 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 i>rovidts 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 .nay separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and tho payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments.

THE FENCING ACT. j ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of fcbe kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a pufticient 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 whioh is not, a» far m practicable, oo*iinu-->«s throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE kOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are rfure to go right, if you turn to the rifht you go wrong, .But in walking, the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald •teer, On the left should be left enough of clear space rjoi the people ffho wis'n to walk there. LEGAL TENDER.

Teuder of inonew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronee coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (83' 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 i charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bauk Note I.=sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ' ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 am. Berne •• 1 0 a m. Bombay ■■ ... 6 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 desn>ed to form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autuuin. If the plot can bo prepared in March, a season n.ay be gaiued by sowing the seed during that month; the surf.tce must be thoroughly pulverised .Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Creste'l Dog-tail, 2155; Fcstuca tenuifolia, -libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliuin tonuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41b.s of each. This mixture will 'uffiee for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and Ff kept cut close acswens most soils. Special mixtures for laying down (awns may also be oad from any seedsman. Koine of our native poas and othor grasses wo'ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should bo deferred till Augiist. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knivea ot the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, El'G. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded 'by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occjpier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention u f vieh cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO BOW AN ACRE. tfarley, 2J to Z| bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 11 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clovor, 1. co 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 lbsi linseed, for flax, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 11 busbols ; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do. : drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, o lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel.®; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pst; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth leas), 2 to 2} Vasbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, wiDtor, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat- 2i to 21 bushels. ,As sure as water quenches fire, so will "NAZOL" afford relief from heavy colds, troublesome coughs, sore throats and iafluensa. TMt it.