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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 February 1916, Page 4

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l'Oll READY J?JiFERENCJS. HINTS TO TRAVELLERS IN OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground, is-to be traversed and a long day's jouirney lies before you, bo careful' to make an early start i.i the morning, ascertain leading 4;r• et Lions before starting, and be certain 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 withm reach, a mile or two is not lost n making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matches. Never tal:e a shoH cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheop 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 em- | brace every chanoa of a clearance of | tiie flying mist, however slight, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you niiss track, return it once without foil to the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start <m the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered, spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete ail pos&ibie arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering lire material, grass lor bed, which place in rear of a flax 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 tlie rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up +<he gaps in the flax covering, will mako not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, Appraisement ol Valuation where the <!/count does not cxceed £20, Is.; -axcoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £200 a/id does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 lid, exceeds X.2oj and not exceeding £50 la, every additional £50 or pail of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running si ugly, lor any amount not exceeding JJSO, Its; every additional £50 or part t.-f £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bilt oi the set as to make '.ijj the same duty as u a single till were drawn for the amoUnt. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of tlie amount of the consideration lor sale 7:> tid. Any instrument whereby any properly is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or vkoro 110 consideration passes, tor e»voiy £50 or part of £50 U the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Propet ty Assessment 4ct, ic?ys,'- or any Act amending the 1 ame at. the date when such instrument takes elfect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on uemand: For every sum not exceeding £25, Od,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional ,£SO or part of £50, Ib. 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 auy other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speakiug, the same duties at would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without auy consideration by way ol pre'ilium ; Where rent does not exceed £ou 3s for every additional £50 or part oi £50 3s. Fox 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 ancestor. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION b'Oll ACCIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to afiect 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 ol 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 iuisconduot of the worker.

UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including hanks, life insurance offices, and firms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) mast yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the oolony in an account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years; such register to be open tor inspection cu payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person ill wtoue name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of aucih notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer. ONION "CULTUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, >n, the best of the large sorts—a shape'y> clt an-looking bulb, and keeps longer than the Roccas. Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and Bro* n Spanish aire all excellent late keepers None of the white-«kinned v».*tet»es are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-onions are obtained by soiring

seed of White Queen or some sort, ai:. i.t | the middle oi The soil i ohouid bo poor, and made turn; sow thickly, and do not thin the plants WORKEItri' DWELLINGS. .Borough Councils are empowered bullae Municipal Corporations Act to erect far 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 tliem 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 are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides tliat a Council may (1) let land to a worker for the purpose of erecting 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 . n ny 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 *ufficieut 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 iu or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween suoh lands, although Buch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, &s fur u practicable, oomtionoa? tbioughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE iIOAD. The Rule of the Road is & paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you Me jure to go right, If you turn to the ryrlit you go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On Uie left) should be left enough of clear space Foi the people *ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may legally be made—iu the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the cas-' of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for &bv amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). j Hank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Twue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N~Z. MEAN TIME. As.compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.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 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels ... 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenchi?d aa directed for the vegetable garden auy time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared iu March, a season may be-gained by sowing the ;»rass seed during tbat month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium t-onuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens : 41bs of eacfi. 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 tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to out as soon as the machine will act. Some »re--I'er the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ErC. All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing;' but in 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 uf such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. xiarley, 2J to 2j bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary , 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, 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, 21 bushels; Unseed, for seed, 1} bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, I pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cola, 1 pat; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 21 bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifolium incarnatam, 34 lbs; turnip. 3 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, j 4 lbs; wheat- 21 to 2} bushels.