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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 February 1916, Page 4

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FOlt READY REFERENCE. HINTS TO TRAVF.LLiERS IN OPJON COUNTRY. If unknown ground is to be traversed and a long day's journey lies before you, be eareful to make an early start ia the morning, asoertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, eua time thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you loee your way, and know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is not lest a making enquiries there regarding »ou.r road.

Never travel without m* belies. .Never take a short out over swampy or unknown fcrouncl. Always follow sheep or cattle traeks in tlie direction for whioli you axe lusuking. Jf overtaken by fog, aiiould you know a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every oil since ot a clearance of the flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss traek, return at once without fail to the point at which you ioßt it, and make a ire#H start the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, obooee a sheltered spot before darknees sets in, giviQg yourself sufioieni time to complete all possible arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, graee tor bed, whioh place in rear of a flax bueh. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussooks around, so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw tie rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up the gapa in the flax -covering, will make not sueli uncomfortable quarters for tJ»e night as many suppose. STAMP DUTIES.

Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, In 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3e. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is. j exceed £'20, does not exceed £50, 2e 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10b, £200 and does not exceed £600 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £501) but fiot £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 3os. i'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d,, exceeds £25, and not exceeding fcso Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than ou demand, if running singly, lor any amount not exceeding 1:50, is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, sucn sum upon each bill ol the set as to make up the same duty ae li a single Lill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of txie amount of the consideration tor sale, 7a 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal tonslderation or where no consideration passe 3, for every £50 or part of £60 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "'The Property Assessment \ct, i 885,"' or any Act amending the l »m» at tiie date when such instrument takes fcifeet, 10«. J-'romissory Notes. —Jfayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Ib.

Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with, duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, ihe same duties as the original instr>xmont; m any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speakiug, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium ; Where rent does not exceed £od 3a for every additional £60 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 £6000 in respect to every succession uy lineal descendant or ancestor. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability, where death results, £60, but nothing in Act to sifeet employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity tor work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability ot employer not to exceed ££00. An employer not to be liable in respect of an injury which is proved to be direotLy attributable to the serious and wilful mißconduot of the worker.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS EVery oompany (including banks, insurance ofhoou, and Urma actiag as agents or private bankers for indiri'iuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the oolony in an account which has not bees oper a ted on for six or more years; such iregister to be open lor inspection ti. payment of a. fee j register to be published in the New Zealand Govern me m Gazette annually; notice to be seat to last known address of pereon in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within .two years oi such notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTURE. Ailsa Craig, if of a good strain, ■&, the best of the large sorts—a ahape'J. clt an-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Rocoas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, Jameo's Keeping, sad Jiro»»n Spanish are all excellent lata keepers None of the white-skinned v».*taties are •worth growing, except lor piekling. Pick Ling-onions are obtained by sowing

teed of White Queen or »oma,rart, about the middle of November. The •oil should be poor, and made firm; sow thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the oooupation oi worker* 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. section 62 of the Municipal Corporation* Amendment Act, 1918, Councils aire further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section i>rovides 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; (8) sell to a worker ?.ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for toe repayment of advances and the payment of advanoes and the payment of purchase-money by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FBNOfiS. A fence ef any ef the kinds mentioned jn tie Seeond Schedule is a «af- - Scieut fenoe within the meaning of the Fenoing Act (•■?). The oocupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a suMcient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fenoe De tween saek lands, although suoh fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. Bat no oocupier is liable to oontributc to any fence whioh is not, as fax as practicable, esMiiasoap throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE ROAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradoxquite; for in driving your carriage along, If you. bear to the left you are sure ta go right, If yo* turn to the ri/rht you ®o wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different oose; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear spaoe . Foi the people #ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be j made—in the oas eof bronze coins, for auy amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exoseding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (88 and 34 Vio. 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 ("Bauk Note Iwue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As oompared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden Z >1 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... 0 60 a.m. Berlin 1 88 am. Berne <■ -.. ... 1 0 am. Bombay ... 8 21 a.m. Boston 7 48 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane .. ... 10 SO am. Brussels fl 24 * to. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it. is desired to form a la.vn, tie ground should be- trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autuuiu. If the plot oau. be prepared in March, a season njay be gaiued 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, 21Bs; Festuqa tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White ciover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will ~,uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if 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 tor 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 inotfjr.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, RIC. All trespassing cattle may be jm pounded by the occupier of the land on whicfc thej are treepaseing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occapier is not entitled to claim any damages except feee for driving, or for giving notice of the detention of sueb cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRB. rJ&rley, 2} to J| bushel*; beans, 8 to Si bushel*; buckwheat, or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgp; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1 - 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 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, li bushels; luoerne, 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 cole, 1 p«t; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2i bushels; trifoliuin incarnatum, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 Ibe; turnip stubble, 4 lbi; wheat- 21 to 2| bushels.