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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 February 1916, Page 4

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J'Oii READi iIEEERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traverasd and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to make an early start i.i the morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as iimo 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, should you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance ot'a clearance of the Hying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail ta the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start <ai the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all possible arrangements lor personal comfort under sucii untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, grass tor bed, which place in rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends oi the Has 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 supjtose. STAMP DUTIES.

Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with, letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement 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 iss, excee<la £500 20s. Award, eauie as Valuations, except' exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. i'.n's. not exceeding £2o tid., exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10a. Bilk oi' Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running s;ugly, for any amount not exceeding a.50 r Is; every additional £50 or part ot £50, la. ■ if drawn in a set, sudi oitiii upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty tm il a single i. ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: lor every £50 <>r part oi £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale. 7s 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 ol the property convened or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 'Vet, 1885,'' or any Act amending the >aine at tiie date when uuch instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Aoles.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise thai> -r. demand; ior every sum not exvjediug £25, tid,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, w-hers such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instrur tuent; 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 : Where rent does not exceed £50 3d 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 descendant or »n-

ceator. WQRKMJfiN'S COMPENSATION FOli ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to afreet employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not le6S than £1 a week, aud total liability of employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect oi an injury which ie proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker. UNCLAIMED MONEYS; ■livery company (including banks, life insurance offices, and iirms acting as agents or private banker* for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open tor inspection ou payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Govern «nen' u (lunette annually; notice to be sent to last known addresa of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two yeara.ol such nobica is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer, ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good atrain, is, the best of the large aorta—a ahape'y, cUan-looking bulb, and keeps Ion?*? than the Rocoas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Biw n Spanish aire all excellent late keepers. None of the white-skinned "*.'{atiis» are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-oniona are obtained by Bowing

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be pool', and made firm; ww thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for th« 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 the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section 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 worner 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 OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ruffiuient 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 oontribute 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 occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, u far u praetiMktoj eo*tina-j«F throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ROAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the loft you are dure to go right, If yoa turn to the ri#riit you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou ehoald steer, On the left should. be left enough of clear space Foi the people ffho wisn to — walk there.

LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ease 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 31 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 l«ue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... S SI a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... 1 !9 im. Berne ■■ 1 0a m. Bombay ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels . . 6 24 »m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to fovui Xln.vn, the ground should be tfench*>d as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autu'lf the plot can be prepared in March, a season may 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, 21Es; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia pereune, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice 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 wo'ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should De deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some orefer 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 impounded hy the occupier of the land on wliick they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention of such cattlo, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. liarley, 2} to SJ bushels; beans, 9 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I- to 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 ?b; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushols; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pst; ryo, 21 to 3 bushels; rye gra«s (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 21 bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 9 to 2} bushels; trifolium inc&rnatum, 34 lbs; turnip, 9 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lb»; wheat. 2} to 2} bushels. I