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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1916, Page 4

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[ FOR READ* HEI'ERENCE. I HINTS TO TRAYI'VLiJOUS j iX OPEN COUNTRY. If unknown ground ib to be traversed and a Jong day's journey lies before you, be caret ul to make an early start ia tlie morning, ascertain leading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as tiiuo 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 loot -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 iin the direction lor which you axe j making. } If overtaken by fog, should you know ( a point guide yourself by it, and em- ! brace every chanca 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 to the point at which you loet it, and make a fresh start on the right track. if compelled to oarnp 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 circumstances in the way of gathering fire material, graas tor 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 the rain oil. This, with tussocks to fill up +, he gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many sup£>ose. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, Bs.

Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is. y exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s till, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £"s'}o 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, eauie as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 bd., exceeds £25, "and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running Si ugly, for any amount not exceeding i'5U, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, suoh sum upon each bill oi tho set as to make up the t»ame duty ae ll a single mil were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tiie amount of the consideration lor sale. 7s tid. 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 : tbe amount or value ox the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "'Tho Property Assessment let, iSßs,'' or any Act amending the -ame at the date when such instrument takes e fleet, 103. l'romissory Notes.—i'ayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part oi £00, Is. Duplicate or- counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 'is, tiie same duties as the original rnstrarment; in any other case 3s. Laud Transfers.—Uenerally 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 3c for - every additional £50 or part o: ! £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 ancestor.

WDJttKMEN'S CX>iLPEiNSATION FOU 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 ot employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to be liable in respect of an injury which in proved to.be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worker.. L/iNOtiAIAI&D MONEYS

Every company (including banks, Ufa insurance offices, and linns acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor a ted on for six or more years; such register to be open lor inspection oi> payment of a fee; register Ut be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be sent to last known address of person in wstoee name money stands; and money. n«i claimed within two years ot sucii notice is to be paid over tc» the Colonial Treasurer. ONION CULTUREA ilea Craig, if of a good strain, i», the best of the large sorts—a shape'?, okan-looking bulb, and kseps longer fhan the Roccas. Brown Glob®, Odden Globe, James's Keeping, and Brown Spanish are all excellent lats keepers. None of the white-skinned v»:uatie» are worth growing, except tor pickling. Pickling-ooions av© obtained by towing

seed of White Queen or some sort, al.vi.l [ the middle of -November. The soil should* be pooi - , and made firm; sow— thickly, and do uot thin the plants, j VV'ORKEHS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils ore empowered by the Municipal Oorporatioxust Act to erect for 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 same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. J3y section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils 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 worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker' 6 dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker .uiy 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 sufficient 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 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 occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh i* not, m fax M ©eartinno*? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE wOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are <ure to go right, if you turn to the you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right wou should steer, On ihe left should be left enough of olear space For the people /cho wis'n to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of mone'w may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any' amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; i:i th ccaso of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (83 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 ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Ipsue 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 .t m. Berne 1 0a m. Bombay ... * .. ... 5 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... 1 42 am. Brisbane ... 10 80 am. Brussels ... ... . . 6 84 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autunln. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface mtibt be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested.Dog-tail, 21Ds; i'estuca tcnuifoiia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 2ibs; Loliu'm tonui folia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Netnoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, and, will form a very good lawn, and if kept cul 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 bo 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 tnower.

JMPOUNDINQ CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be itn pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the ocoapier is not entitled to claim any damages except feeß for driving, or for giving notice of the detention uf such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AV ACRE. tfarley, 2} to *1 bushels; beans, Si to 2t bushels; buckwheat, or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*„-rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, i. co 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; 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, 1J busbals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p«t; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to Si Vusbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2} bushels; trifoliam incarnatnm, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; tnrnip stubble, 4 Ibi; wheat. 2J to 2} bushels. gggg-'i-lij LU!U