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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1916, Page 4

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i I'OK UKAiA til A.Mi' UU'JIES. Agreement of Meusorundun, of Agreo-;rit-lit, is 3d vvitii loiters, etc., attached, :k. Appraisement oi Valuation where the ••r.iiuuui does 1101 exceed £20, Is.; .<\- cee-d iJL'U, does not exceed £50, 2s *jd, exceed £100, and docs not exceed £2 )0 lib, and does not exceed £500 i;i'6, exceeds £500 20s. Award, tame as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; ox- * eo'.ls £1000, 35a. L'.u's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds i'2s, and not exceeding J£so Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 le. .lite. liiiiw oi Exchange. Oon demand 2d; •jthwvvi.se th-'tu on demand, if running iugly, tor any amount not exceeding JL'SO, is; every additional £50 or part of £50, la.; if drawn in a set, such yuui upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty w ll a single L'iil w m e drawn ior the amount. • Conveyance.—-Conveyance on sale: ior every .150 or part ol £50 of tire amount oi the consideration for sale 7a (id. ■ Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal cuusideratiou or where no consideration passes, lor ©very £60 or part of £50 or t-lio amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed un-di-r "The Property Assessment let, itiSs,'' or any Act amending tho 'ame at tho date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Kotes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and c '.■xoeeding £50, i».; every additional 150 or part of £50, le. Duplicate or counterpart of any snvtrument chargeable with duty, wher9 vu'h duty does not amount to is, the baioo dutie.s as the original instrUr uiuut ; m any other case iJs. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, ; tie (jftine duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Ltase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not esoeed £50 ;J.': for every additional £60 or part o: £;>0 3s. For any instrument affecting & partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession tiy lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, about 1 - the middle of November. The soil I v should be poor, and made firm; now thickly, and do not thin the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Munioipal Corporations 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 other- I wise, and render them suitable for the J same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. T By section 62 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Coun- » cils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The seetiou 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 warier to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwell- i ing thereon; (S) sell to a worker f,ny , separate worker's dwelling. Pro vie- c ion is made for the repayment of ad- j vances and the payment of advances I and the payment of purchase-money hy j instalments. THE FENCING ACT. —— ' ERECTION OF FENCES. ' i A fence of any of the kinds mention- ® ed in the Second Schedule is a mi- 1 ficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable * t-o join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although »uch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m far m practicable, ©#mtinso«? throughout ito length. THE RULES OF THE ivOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere iure to go right, If you turn to the ryrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left Bhould be left enoagh of clear space Foi the people ffho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legal** be made—in tfie cas eof bronze coiw, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the c-aeo of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (S3 and 34 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 of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Iwue Act. 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. 1 As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... S 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. ; Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 83 am. i Berne 1 0 am. I Bombay ... 5 21 a.»n. > Boston 7 46 pm. : . Brindisi 1 42 am. r Brisbane ... 10 30 am. 3 Brussels ... 6 34 •» tn. 5 LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la#n, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised .id trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail 2iUs; Festuca tenui- ' folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliutn tonuifolia perenno, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Sibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens -libs of eacß. This mixture will ' iuffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and ii kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be aad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses wo ild 8 answer admirably tor lawn purposes. f If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred tiL 1 August. Commence to cut as soon » as the machine will act. Some »re- • fer the scythe for tho first time of : cutting. Roll previous to mowing; ' this will save the knives ot the mowor. ! IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. j 1 All trespassing cattle may be im ' pounded by the occupier of the land 1 on tvhick they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occap!er is not entitled to claim any dam- • ages except fees for driving, or 'or 1 giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. * I SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AS ACRE. 1 tlarloy, 24 to SJ bushels; beans, 3 to ' 2$ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (dr-umhead), to transpi ant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs ,* o»„*rot in ! drills, Bto 12 lbs; clovor. 1. So 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-lino fencing, to sow one mile. 3 to 4 lbs; kohi rabi (turniprooted cabbage), t-o transplant, 1 !b; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushals; 1 lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pet; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grass (if , drilled, one-fourth less), 8 to 9} Vishels; sainfoiß, giant, 6 bashels; tare#, winter, Sf bushels; do., spring, S to 2} bashels; trifolium inoarnatam, S4 lbs; turnip, S to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat- 31 to 3} bnahels. 1 .