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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1916, Page 4

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FOR HEADY IUiL'ERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground ia to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start ia the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain ta understand tliern thoroughly, as Umo thus spent ia not lost on a long day's journey. Should you Aos© your w*.y r and know of any habitation within reach, a inile 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 cattle tracks in the direction for which you are ' making. If overtaken by fog, eJiould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance of a clearance oE the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. I Should you miss track, return at once without fail t*> tlie 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 yourselt sufficient time to complete aIL possible anrangexnentsi lor personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which place in rear of a liax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tusßocki around, so as to from a gentle awmnj 10 cover the body and throw the rail off. This, with tussocks to till up +hi gaps in the flax covering, will mak< not such uncomfortable quarters for thi night as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES.

Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. ' Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s bd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2'H) 10s, £200 a/id does not exceed £600 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. i'.ii's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part oi £50 Ib. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than, on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding ! £50, lt>; every additional £50 or part |uf £50, is.; if drawn in a set, sucli | suui upon each bill oi the set as to irake up the same duty as 11 a single till were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale : i'oj' every £50 or part ol £50 oi tile amount of the consideration for sale. 7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to ur vested in any person tor a nominal j consideration or where no 'consideratI ion passes, lor every £50 or part of £50 j oi the amount or value or the property ! conveyed or transferred or assessed un- ! <ier "The Property Assessment \ct, j 1885/' oi- any Act amending the 'ame at the date when such instrument takes i effect, 10s. | i'roinissory Notes.—i'ayxnent on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every suxn not exceeding £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Xs.; 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 as the original instrOr nient.; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, tile same duties aa would have been, payable oh a cpnveyanoe. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of preaij iuin: Where rent does not exceed £50 3e 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 all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendiant or ancestor. i ] WORKMiEN 'S COMPENSATION b T OR | ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to afJ feet employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work retsults 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 he directly attributable to the serious and wilful 5 misconduct of the worker.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, life insurance offices, and hrms 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 a ted on for six or more years; suck register to be open lor inspection c payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to b© sent to last known add res* of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such. no tic u is to be paid over to the Colonial rraasurer. « ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, 'S, the best of the targe sorts—a shape y, cUan-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, OHden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brow n Spanish aire all excellent late keepara None of the white-skinned wiaties are worth growing, except lor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of Isovemtior. The soil should be poor, and made firm; tow thickly, aud do not thin the plants.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS,

Borough Councils we empowered by ihe Municipial 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 gam a purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils aire further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section yxovides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker for t<he purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worKer to enable ihim to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell 'to_ a worker my 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 «aifieient 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 suoh fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, M far M practicable, oo*tin«o«s throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ioOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; JBor in driving your carriage along, | If you bear to the left you Rre -sure to go right,

If yon turn to the ryrht yon go ( wrong. j But in walking the streets 'tis a dif- , ferent caie; | To the right it is right wou ahoald ■teer, , On ;be left should be left enough of ( clear space ( For the people ffho wis'n to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of inonew may legally be made—in tfie cas eof bronae coine, 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 (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, aec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in j New Zealand and are still a first < charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Ip-sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. * As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ' ... ••• ••• 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin ••• ••• 1 23 am. Borne -. ... ... 1 oam. Bombay ... •• ••• 5 21 a.m. ! Boston ••• ••• 7 46 p.m. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am.. Brussels ... 6 84 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it ib desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed dnring that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Es; Festuca tenaifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirenß' 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and il kept out close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. 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 knives ot the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. v All trespassing "cattle may Be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whict. they are trespassing; but rn the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. » tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tiarley, 2J to 3$ bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 11 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1.-to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 lbs; 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; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; 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 pat; rye, 21 to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J Vushels; sainfoin, gianf, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2* bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2$ bushels; trifolium incaraatum, 84 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stnbbk, 4 Ibi; wheat. 2i to 21 bushel*.