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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be travoraad and a long day's jouirney lies before you, be careful to make an eaiiy atart ij the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as limo 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 four 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. j If overtaken by fog, should you know a point guide youreelf by it, and embrace every chance ot 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 tj the pointl at which, you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. It compelled to ©amp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circ'omstances iu the way of gatlie.'ing lire material, grass tor bed, which place in rear of a llax bush. If raining, tie the ends of 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 uncomfortable quarters for the 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 <jxceed £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, excepL exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and net exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running for any amount not exceeding ISU, Its; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a 6et, such stun upou eacli bill ol the set as to up the same duty as il a single rill uere drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: lor every £50 or part ol £50 of tiio amount ot 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 eemsiueration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 oi the amount, or value ol the property convoyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment -Vet, 1385,'' oi- any Act amending the -auie at the date when such instrument take& effect, 10s. Promissory .Notes.— i'uynient on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: Eor every sum not exceeding £25, »id,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every addition*! £50 or part oi £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instrOf inent; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement- to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Wilere rent does not exceed £od 3j for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. l'or any instrument affecting a j>artition 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 tor 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 paa-tLal incapacity for 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 injury which is proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker;

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including banis ; life insurance offices, and hrins acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in a a account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to bo open ior inspection n. payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually j notice to be sent to last known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years ot surih notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, itt, the best of the largo aorta—a shape y. clt »n-lookiiig bulb, and keeps lons»r than the Roccas. Brown Globe, G»'lden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brown Spanish are all excellent lst<o keepers None of the white-ekinned v*.uaties are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickting-onions are obtained by sowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, afcoLt [ the middle of iNovemner. Tlie soil i should be poor, and made firm; ww thickly, and do not thin the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils 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 buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the samo purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regarty» workers' dwellings. The sectioju 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 wo.iKer to enable him 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 hy instalments. the fencing act. ERECTION OP FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a *afUciont fence within the meaning of the Act (a.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 oetween 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 m practicable, oo*tinuoas throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ±tf>AD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, if you bear to the left you are iure 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 shoald ■teer, On (he left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people who wisb to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monow may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for aoy 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 of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 s.m. Aden ... ... ... - S SI a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 %m. Berne •• ... ... 1 0a m. Bombay ... ... 5 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels € 24 nm. LAYING DOWN A LAWN When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n.ay be gained by sowing the grass ■seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Be; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifoiia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nernoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will nuffice 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 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 orefer the scythe for the first time o? cutting. 801 l previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol the mower.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. ■— - '■ %• All trespassing cattle ruay be impounded by the occupier of the land on wliick they are trespassing; but m Lbe eases of unfenced laud, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or tor giving notice of the detention ux such cattle, as provided iu the Second Schedule. SEED.y REQUIRED TO SOW AM < ACRE. tJarley, 21 to S| bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1| bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; pvrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furz# or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3" to 4 ibs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1$ bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p*t; rye, 21 to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2} bushels; trifoliuim inc&rnatum, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stabble, 4 lb»; wheat- 21 to 21 bushels. ,«,>■> mni n——mmmmxi