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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 April 1916, Page 4

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FOlt READY «U£KEl{iiNCJii. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Meiuorauduu. ui Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement o! V aluation where the ' amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 Iss, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; oseeeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 (id., exceods £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2I ; otherwise than on demand, ii running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; il' drawn m a set, sucii sum upon each bill of the set as to U'ake up the same duty as it a, single L'lU were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance Conveyance on sale : Jbor every £50 or part ol £50 of Uio amount of the consideration lor sale 7s 6d. Any instrument whoreby any property is legally or equitably transferred tx* or vested in any person for a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part ol £50 of the amount or value ot tho property conveyed or transferred or a&sessed under "The Property Assessment Vet, 1885,'' or any Act amending the -aiue at the date when fcinch instrument tako& effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than oii demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, <3d,; exceeding £25 and u<>t exceeding £50, Is.; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 'is, the same duties as the original lnstriirment j in any other case 3a. Land Transfers. —(generally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of preaii 'l™ : Where rant does not exceed £50 3e for every additional £60 or part of £50 Ss. 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 suocession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen ox 1 some sort, ah.tt the middle of November. The soil klio uld be poor, and made firm; jow thickly, and do not thixi the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed 01 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, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectiou vidua that a Council may (1) let land tj a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woxKer 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 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 :s a rulficieut fence within the meaning of ibe Fencing 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 uetween such landa, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far sa practicable, oontinaoa." tbiougbout ite length. THE RULES OF THE JvOAD. The Kule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you . boar to the left you tre iure to go right, ! f you turn to the you go lint in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To,the right it is right wou should eteer, I On (he left should, bo loft enough of cloar space Foi the people nho wish to walir there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of rnonew may legally ho made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for ai v amount not exceeding Is; in the ease of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th eeaso of gold coins for Any amount, unless coined prior to the reigu of Quceu Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). jJauk notes are novv legal tender in Nes- Zealand and are still a first ciii.Tge on the assets ot the bank of v.Mie ("Ua.uk Note l.wjue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with---Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Ad>u ... .. ... 3 SI a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Uorne 1 oam. Bombay ... 5 21 a >n. Doston . . .. ... 7 4.6 pm. Brindisi .... ■ 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Unissela ... ... 6 24 * in. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to fonu a la.vn, the groiind should be trenched as directed for the vegot/Hjie garden ;• retime during the autumu. If the piot can bo prepared i» March, a se.'tson "•ay be gained by mowing the ;;r.«s ■jLi:d during tliat month; the surface nuiot be thoroughly pukorLsou ~nd trudd»'ii down firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable; —

Cri'iite'l Dog-tail. 21ITk; I'Ystuca' ti-n-ii-iolia, 41bs; Festucu duruscula, 2!bs; Loliutn tenuifolia perenno, 201bs; Whito clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sompervirens lib,? of eacfo. This mixture will uf(ice for lialf an acre, and will form a i ery good lawn, and ii kept cut close «i.iwcrs most soilis. Special mixtures i(.v laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and oilier grasses wo'ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. 11 (ho ground is of a retentive nat.tre, iuwiiig tile seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to out as soon as the machine will act. Sohk> prefer the scythe for the lirst time of cutting. Roll previous to mowi.ig; ibis will save the knives 01 tho mo>v'or.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, iilC, All 11 esprtiisiii r» cattle may bo itn pouudcd by tho occupici of the land on u'hiult tixey arc tresp;u>siug; bin in t-iits case of urifenced land, the occupier is nut entitled to ciaini any damages, except foes (or driving, or to' giving uotiuj of tbo detention ui vicli cattle, as provided in tlio Second Schedule. SEKD.S REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. iiarlo.y, 2J to buahels; beane, 2 to Ji bu.shels; buckwheat. or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; c.'rot in dijlls, S to 12 lb.s; clover, 1. oo 17 )bs; t'urne or gorse, for feed, 20 bo 24 'bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one juilt'. 3 to 4 lbn; kohl rabi (tumipicoted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; <!0., drilled,' 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 2i bunhe'iH; linseed", "for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs ; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold vrurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushely; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 piit; rye, 2J to 8 buehels; rya grata (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 21 Vasl:els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushele; tarea, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 3 to '2\ bushels; trifolinm incarnatam, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; tarnip stnbble, i lbs; wheat. SI to 3} bushel*.