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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1916, Page 4

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« FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement, ol Valuation where the amount does not. exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e 'id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £200 and does not exceed £o'JU los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same a 9 Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. l J .n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £.25, and not exceeding ;fcso Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills or Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running si ugly, lor any amount not exceeding £50, lsj every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to irake up the sanio duty as it a single rill i were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of taie amount of the consideration for sale 7s Gd. 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 of the amount or value ot the property

conveyed' or transferred or assessed under "The Property Asseesinent 4.ct, 1885," <xi' any Act amending the i ame i at the date when such instrument takes I effect, 10s. j Promissory Notes—Payment on de- \ mand 2d. Payable otherwise than on j demand: For every sum not exceeding £20, <3d,; exceeding £25 and t I exceeding £50, 1».; every additional | £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where suck duty does not amount to Ss, J the same duties as the original instroi ineiit; in any other case 3s. j Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, i fchs same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to L*ase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £60 3;: for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration , exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all i duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or slices tor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, aKu the middle of November. The soil should be'- poor, and made firm; >ow thickly,' and do not thin the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal 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 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 aire further empowered in regard to |

workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land a worker for the purpose of ereotng a worker's dwelling; (2) advance noney to a woiKer to enable him to aojuire 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 advanced and th* payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FJBNOIB. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule iB 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 oetween such lands, although tuch fence may not extend along the- whole boun - dary line. ' But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, >aa fax aa praotiaaMe, e*a4inmoa?

throughout its 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 yon are <ure tq go right, If yo« turn to the riyht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different oa&e; To the xight it is right wou should steer, On the left; should be left enough oi clear space Foi the people ffho wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legakv b<

made—in tfie cas eof bronze foi any amount not exceeding Is; in th< case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s in tb ecase of gold coins for a-o; amount, unless coined prior to th< reign of ■■ Queen Victoria (83 and 3 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclama tiou 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender i. New Zealand and are still a firs cbarge on the assets of the bank o issue ("Bank Note Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N 55 MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.ni Aden ... 3 31 a.in Alexandria , 2 28 a. n Amsterdam 0 50 a a Berlin 1 23 an. Berne ... ... 1 0a n Bombay .. ... 5 21 a i Boston ... 7 46 p n Brindisi 1 42 a a Brisbane ... 10 30 a a Brussels 6 24 * n

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to fonu a la *11, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden biij time during the autumn. If the i»iut can be prepared iu March, a season n:ay be gained by sowing the ;y i.>s seed during tbat month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Ds; Festuca tenuis loiia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, '21bs i Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201 be; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Xemoralis and Senipervirsns -libs of eacb. This mixture will iiflice for half an .acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers* most soils. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. teouie of aur uative poas and other grasses wo lid answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should.be deferred til? August. Commence to cut as &oon as the machine will act. Some jre!er the scythe for tho lirst time of cutting. Koll previous to mowing; this will save tha knivee 01 the mo*jr. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EW. All trespassing cattle may bo iui

pounded by the occupier of the land on whiclt tiioy are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim »ny damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention ui Mich cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. tJarley, 2* to SJ bushels; beans, 2 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 11 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*- - rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; closer, I- to 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 flas, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 11 bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3to 4 bush*l?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-foarth !«s), 2 to 21 Isabels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, j winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifolium incaraatam, 14 . lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, I 4 lbi; wheat. 21 to 91 bnxheln. I ' i** l ** l " l * w i;