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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1916, Page 4

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i'OK TERENCE. 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 La the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be .certain t3 understand them thoroughly, as Umo 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 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, sJnouid you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance oi a cleiaranc# of the Hying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you mi as tra«k, return at once without fail ta the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on tho right track. if compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving youi\»eli sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under euoii untoward circumstances in the way of gathering file material, grass tor bed, whioh place in rear of a tlax bush. If raining, tie the ends ot the flax to tuasoeks around, go as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with,tUMock» to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will umke nut such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attacked, 3s. Appi aisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.u's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and net .exceeding £60 Is, every additional £50 or part of~~£so Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running lor any amount not exceeding LiiO, Is; every additional £50 or part uf £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duly as it a single Liil were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: i'or every £50 or part oi £50 of tiio amount ol the consideration lor sale. 7s (3d. 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, lor every £50 or part of £50 of Uie amount, or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment -Vet, i«as," or any Act amending tiie »amo at Liie date "when such instrument takes etfect, l(is. Promissory JSiot.es.—l'ayment oh demand 2d. Payable otherwise ■ than on demand: l'or every sum not exceeding £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, la. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.— Uenerally speaking, tils same duties as would Have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of preuij ium : Where rent 4 s ® B not exceed £oo 3c for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. * i'otr any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. , Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or slices tor. 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 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 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, UNCTiAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banks, life insurance offices, and firms acting aa agents or private banker* for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in au account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection ti. payment of a fee; register to be pwbliahed in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known add res* of person in wfeoee name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of such notice is to be.paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. i ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, is, the best of the large sorts—a ahape'y, clt an-lookiug bulb, and keeps than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and JBrow n Spanish are all excellent lata keepers None of the white-skinned r via tie# are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by 80«rmg

seed of White Queeu or some sort, al'out the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; vow thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Counoils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect tor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire building* 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 ereoting 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 .naiy separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purehase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES.

A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a »afficient fence within the moaning 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 oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m far is prAotjsahle, ooaiiinsoMS throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE w-OAD. 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 rifrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case j To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Fox the people ffho wis'n to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze ooine, 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 3i Vio. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender m "New .Zealand and are still a first obarge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note l.=sue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 s.m. Aden ... ... ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 oam. Bombay ... ... 5 21 a.m. Boston ... ... ... 7 46 p.m. Brindiai ... ... ... 1 42 a ni. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 tm. LAYING DOWN' A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la .rn, lie ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetaole garden any time during tho 'autumn. If the plot can be -prepared in March, a season rtay be gained /by sowing the srass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised „.,ud trodden down firmly. The following, is a good mixture, if procurable:— 4 Crested Dog-tail, 21Es; Festuca tenuiFolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliiiru tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Senipervirens 41bs of eacti. 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 cad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some oreler the scythe for the first time of cutting. .Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whicfc they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occapxer is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or /or giving notice of the detention ox suoh cattle, ae provid&d ,in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. xiarley, 2} to 3| bushels; beans, 2 to 2$ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. io 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; 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, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast. 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel.*; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or coje, 1 pat; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2| bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliuin incarnatum, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turaip stnbble, 4 lbg; wheat. 2J to 2i bushels.