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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1916, Page 4

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1 FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, ■■iH. Appraisement 01 Valuation where I lie amount does nut exceed £20, Is.; . x teed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 'j<i, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £'/M and does not exceed i'a'JO 15s, £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but uot £1000, 20s; ex- (. eeda £1000, 35a. l'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 le. 10s. Bills or Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding 150, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if d awn in_ a set, such I sum upon each bill of the set as to up the same duty as it a single till were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: l or every £50 or part oi £50 of tno u mount of the consideration for sale 7s 6d, Auy instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred U> m vested in any person tor a nominal •..•ou.siUerution or where no eonsiderat- . in passes, for every £50 or part of £50 •if tiio amount or value oi the property conveyed or transfen'ed or assessed. "iuiier "The Property Assessment Act, i 885," or auy Act amending the *ame I at the date when such instrument takes, i ifect, 10s. Promissory No'. ••«.••• ray meat on demand 2d. I';.}u,ble ciUerwi.se than on lii.-iuund: Koi '..very sum not exceec iug £25, ud,; oxiyeding £25 and i tseeeding £50. is.; every addition*! USO or part of J.'.:, 1 , Is. Duplicate or cot. aterpai t of any in j,lruuient cliargeab'.' with duty, where such duty does rmi amount to Sh, the same d itii\» ae the original instrument; : i: any other case 3e. Lai-.l transfers.—Uonerally speaking, the t-a ne dutiei as would have been payable "ri n conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, ffitho<r. any consideration by way of premium ; Where rent doea not oxceod £50 3- f r every additional £50 or part u £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration <•■>• ccf>ding £100. soldiers' estates are exempt from all d'.ty ■ p to £5000 in respect to every . succession t>y lineal descendant or ancestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. — > ( Borough Co .ncil.- are empowered by llio Municipal C'< t ,'orations Aot to erect tw 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 lrands of the Council. By section 62 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land I t ) a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance i money to a woi-ker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker • .ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision it made for the repayment of advances and th« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy 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 o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boun- j dai'y line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m far as pr«otiMM*, martini oa? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE tvOAD The Rule of the Road is • paraioi quite; 1 For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere jure to go right. If you turn to the ycu go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people fho wish to walV there. LEGAL TENDER, Tender of monew may logaltr bo made—in the cas ©of bronze cow, for uny amount not exceeding Is; in the easy of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amo'nnt, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets oi the bank of issue ("Batik Note Issue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON V Z MEAN TIME. j As compared with - Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.rn Amsterdam ... ... 0 60 am. Berlin 1 23 nm. Berne 1 oam Bombay .. .. .... 6 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels 6 84 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*n, the ground should be trenched bs directed for the vegetable garden «ny time during the autumn. If the »iot j can bo prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the ftrtss ) seed during that month; the surface j must be thoroughly pulverised ..nil ) trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable: — ; Crested Dog-tail. 2lFs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Loliuai tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; s i l . clover ,2]! i*, ; Trifoliurn minor, f . I 'oil Neiuora'ij. -;M:d Svmpoi vi-->n« lI.V of each. Thin mixture will ill • i i '<>r !■:;![ hm at iv. and will form ;i "'Ty go<-.d hivcn, ami it kept cut closo r :i!»nvrf most sods. Special mixtures r r i'i' I'l.viug down lawns may »lso to nad t from any seedsman. Some of jur ( native poas and other grasses woild , answer .I'lmirably tor lawn purposes. I I! the ground is oi a retentive nature, sluing the seeds should be deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as tl.e machine will act. Some >refcr iht> scythe for the tirst time of i uttitiuc. Kol! previous to niowiig; il"is will save the knives ot the mon'or. I KMPOUMMNG CATTLE, ETC. I VII tit'.-pii.ssi i;g cattle may be itn ,imi-],.r! liv ti] ( » occupiet of the land ' "liiii tlicv are tropassing; but m , the case of unfenced land, the occj i pier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or ! o> giving notice of the detention ui <'ieii cattle, as provided in the Soeomi ' i Schedule. tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW *\ ACRE. rJarley, 2* to 2J buahels; be&Ea, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage ulrumhead), to transplant, T lb; canary, 3 pkgs; cvrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. 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 Mi; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for fiux. 24 bushels; linsoed, for seed, 1J bushsLs. lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold' wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bwsb-b; parsnip, 10 lbe; rape or oole, 1 pit; rye, 21 to 8 bushols; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J labels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar'?*, wipt-.v, 31 bushels; <!«».. uprirg, ? ;<• "i bushels; f.rifolinrn incari.itum. SI lbs; turnip. 2 to S lbs; turnip *tub>il«. i lb*; whoat- 21 to 21 bnsheln'. ,A* sure as water quenches fire, Bo mil "NAZOL" afford relief from keavy •olds, troublesome wghs, sore throat? inIo.MUA. T«si -K * . :