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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 April 1916, Page 4

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. FOR READY SJSFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement of Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £60, 2s fid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2)0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £oGO ' 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £60 la. 10s. Bills ox Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running ■ singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £60 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such suan upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as if a single L'ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7s (id. c - 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 £60 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, ißßs,'' oit any Act amending the 'ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10a. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. ■"' Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, la. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where j such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. , Lease, or Agreement to L*ase, with- j out any consideration by way of pirem- ■ ium: Where r«nt does not exceed £50 < 3s for every additional £60 or part ] of £50 Be. , For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all , duty up to £5600 in respect to every ' succession by lineal descendant or Ml- t

seed of White Queen or some sort, atoi the middle of November. The sc j should be poor, and made firm; bo thickly, and do not thin the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. ( .Borough Councils are empowered I ihe Municipal Corporations Act to arei ; for the occupation of workers employe or resident in boroughs anj building suitable for workers' dwellings, or ma acquire buildings by purchase or otihe wise, and render them suitable for tt same purpose, the letting to be in tt hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Co: porations Amendment Act, 1918, Coui cils aire further empowered in regard 1 workers' dwellings. The section, i/n vides that a Council may (1) let lan r to a worker for the purpose of ere® - ing a worker's dwelling; (2) adyant money to a warmer to enable him to a* 3 quire land and build a worker's dwel - ing thereon; (3) sell to a worker pu s separate worker's dwelling. Prorii i ion it made for the repayment of a( j vances and the payment of ad vane* < and the payment of purcHase-money h . instalments.

3 THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. _ i A fence of any of the kinds mentioi 3 ed in the Second Schedule is a ft i ficient fence within the meaning of th i Fencing Act (a.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands n< 3 divided by a sufficient fence are li&bl > to join in or contribute in equal pr< L portions to the eroction of a fence D< ) tween such lands, although such fern 3 may not extend along the whole boui t dury line. But no occupier is liab] t Lo contribute to any fence which , not, m fax m praouaabie, eeattinnoi ttuoughout iU> length. b THE RULES OF THE jvOAD. , The Rule of the Road is a parado j quite; ( For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you fere <ui 5 to go right, If yoa turn to the riprht yon g wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a dii ' ferent case; To the right it is right won shoal steer, On the left should be left enoagh c clear space For the people who wish to wal there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legale h 1 made—in the cas eof bronze cow, fo any amount not exceeding Is; in th 1 caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s in th ecase of gold coins for »n, amount, unless coined prior to th reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 3 Vic. c. 10, see. 4, and Royal Proclama tion 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender ij New Zealand and are still a firs charge on the assets of the bank o issue ("Bauk Note I.°sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m Aden 3 81 a . m Alexandria 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 50 a.m Berlin 1 33 s m Borne 1 0a m Bombay 5 21 a m Boston 7 46 p.m Brindisi 1 42 a m Brisbane 10 80 a m Brussels 6 84 «m LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn the ground should be trenched u directed for the vegetable garden anj time during the autumn. If the piol can be prepared in March, a seadoi nay be gained by sowing the grist seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nc trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail.. 21 He; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs ol eaoß. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and iT 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 for lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some »refer 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 by the occupier of the land on whicli they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention vi such cattle, as provided in the Second . Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ I ACRE. rJarley, 2} to SJ bushels; beans, 9 to bushels; buckwheat, or brank, H bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to tran»plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; in drills. 8 to 12 bs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gurse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one miJe, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 3} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bush®!*; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtßcl, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 prt; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if Wiled, one-fourth lew), 8 to 2| Vi»sels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, fj bu'ahels; "&>., spring, 3 to !} bushels; trifoliam inoarnstam, 14 b«; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stsbVle, I lbs; wheat> li to Si bushels.