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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1916, Page 3

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i'OR READ} RJQEERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS j IN OPEN COUNTRY. if unknown ground is to bo travers9d and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to- make an early start ij the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain tj understand them thoroughly, as time thus spent ia not lost on a long day's journey. Should you loee your way, and know of • any habitation within roach, 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 <ir unknown ground. Always follow aheep or cattle tracks in the direction lor which you are uuiking. 11 overtaken by fog, ahould you know • a point feuide yoiuself by it, and embrace every chance ol a clearance of ihe iiying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you mise track, return .it onco without fail -Ui the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on uho right track.

It compelled to camp out overnight, chouse a sheltered spot before darkness sou in, giving yourself sufficient time u> complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which jjiaco in rear of a ilax bush. If raining, tic the ends oi the llax to tussocks around, so aa to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the ram off. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the m giit as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3a. Apx-raisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; axcoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s,' £200 and does not exceed £600 ids, exceeds £500 20s. Award, sauie as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. l'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £20, and net exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. iUs. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; ■jiherwise than on demand, if running si ugly, for any amount not exceeding t-50, Is; every additional £50 or part ol £50, Is. ; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to n-ake up the same duty as u a single mil weie drawn for the amount.

Conveyance—Conveyance on dale: ior every £50 or part ol £50 of the 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 i uuiiUeration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed uuuer "The Property Assessment 4ct, J.6Ss,'' or any Act amending the >aine at Lite date when such instrument take*, effect, 10s. froiftissory Notes—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on ticmand: For every sum not exceeding L2h, od,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional i-j0 ur part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such auty does not amount to 3s, tiio same duties as the original lnstritmentj in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, iiie same duties a*t would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without amy consideration by way of preuiI Kini: Wiiore rent does not exceed £60 oa for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. bar 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 ay lineal descendant or ancestor. ' WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. .Employers are wade responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where, death results, £50, but nothing in Act to stfleet employers' ordinary civil liability. \V here 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 of 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.

UftofcAIMED MONEYS Every oompany (including banks, 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 ior inspection 11. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government j Gazette annually; notice to be aeut to | last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not ) claimed within two years of suah notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, .a, the best of the large sorts—a ahape'y, c!> an-looking bulb, and keeps longer ! than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish aae all excellent lat« keepers None of the white-skinned vviaties are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onione are obtained by Bowing

seed of "White Queen or some sort, about the middle of ISovember. The soil should be poor, and made firm; tow 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 th& Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils aae further empowered in regard to •workers' dwellings. The section proTides tliat 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 .uiy 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 OP 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 fco 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, as far u practicable, ooatinuas throughout its. length. THE RULES OF THE *bOAD. 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 yon turn to the n>ht 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 /fho wis'n to walk there.

g LEGAL TENDER. K t Touder of monow may legally bo h made—iu the cas eof bronze coins, for e any amount not exceeding Is; in the 11 caso of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase of gold coins for any : amount, unless coined prior to the e .reign of Queen Victoria (S3' and 31 i Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Rank notes are now legal tender in 0 New Zealand and are still a first J charge on the assets of the bank of ,- issue ("Bank Note T.«>ue Act, 1893 " y TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. s As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 31 a . m . Alexandria 2 28 a.m. 11 Amsterdam 0 60 a.m. . Berlin ... 1 23 am. 1 Berne ... ... 1 oam. ,1 Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston ... ... ... 746 p.m. . Briridisi 1 42 am. a Brisbane .; ... ... 10 30 am. 1, Brussels ... 6 24 *m. -Laying down a lawn When it is desired to* form a la,vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any . time during the autumn. If the plot j can be prepared id March, a season t H-iy be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ~nd i trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— j Crested Dog-tail, 2)E's; Feetuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; _ Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'uf- " fice 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 seedsman. Some of aur 1 native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor laws purposes. If the ground is of a retentive uatare, sowing the seeds should he deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon 1 as the machine will act. Some sreier the scythe ■ for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowi:ig; this will save the knives ol the inotvar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land | on whicif the.y are trespassing; but iu the case of uit fenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or tor giving notice of the detention uf vuch cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. tfarley, 2} to 2J bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*.frot id drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I„ to 17 lbs; furze 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, 2i bushels;»linseed, for seed, 1J busbsls; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzol, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushely; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2J to 3 bushels: rye grass (if < drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J Vjs- ! fcels; sainfoin, giant. 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring. 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliuim incarnatum, 84 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheats 2i to 2fc bushels. ,-.*s .■■iMMiawiwcMwiMwwa j