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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1916, Page 4

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I'OK READY JUSFEUENCE.

STAMP DOTIES. Agreement ut Aleiuorandun. ot Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does uot exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceod £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 'jd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2)0 10s, £2'do and does uot exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. i'.n's. not exceeding £25 (ki, exceeds £25, and not exceeding x,bQ Is, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; 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 samo duty as it a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tne amount of the consideration for sale 7» 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person for a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for ewery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,'' oi' any Act amending the i ame at the data when such instrument take* effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceec • ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, 1«. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instritmen t ; in any other caße 3s. Land Transfers. —Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyanoe. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3y for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting * partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £5000 in respect to every I succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. There are many ways of catching cold, but the one quick reliever is "Nazol." Can be taken on sugar or inhaled. 60 doses Is 6d. Get it today.—Advt. "Worth five times the price" - what everyone says who tries "Nazol" for bad colds and sore throats. Pro/e this to be true. 60 doses cost 1b "d. Chemist and optician, Levin.—Advt. Don't trifle wfth a co!d by drugging the stomach. Let "Nazol" give you relief. Penetrating and Germ-killing. Ready for use when bought. —Ad. There's nothing equal to Naaol for stopping coughs and colds, soothing so-e throats and banishing influenza o -od for old and joon^. —Adrt. Every prudent man carries "Nazol" >in his vest pocket.- Nothing so good for preventing and relieving coughs andi colds. 60 doses Is 6d. —Ad.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. I

i Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect far 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, 1918, Councils aae further empowered in regard to workeis' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land tj a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker 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 th« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT.

ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of ihe kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ficient fenoe 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 oi- contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as fax as praotisahJe, eeatiniaft? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE itOAD, The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you b«ar to the left you are lure to go right, li yoa turn to the ri>rht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different ease; To the right it is right won ohoald steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi £he people *ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may lsgalsy be made—in the cas eof bronie coiix*, for auy amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 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 of the bank of :6sue ("Bank Note l.«sue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... S SI a.m. Alexandria 3 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... 1 33 am. Berne 1 0 a m. Bombay ... 5 31 a.m. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Mrussels 6 84 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot caii be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surf-ice must be thoroughly pulverised ..mi trodden down firmly. , The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21bs; l'estuca Lenuit'olia, 41bs; Ferftuca durusctila, 21bs; Lolium tenu;foli.'< peronne, 201bs. White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; I'oa N'emoralis aud Sempervi-ens libs of oacFi. Thia mixture will 'ufiice ior half an acre, and will form a very good I a wo. and >7 kept cut close answer,-* mos£ sods. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso be nad from auy seedsman. Some of out native poas and other grasses wo lid answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the- ground is oi a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til.' August. Commence to cut as t>oon as the machine will act. Some oreler tho 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 im pounded by the occupioi of the land on ivhick they are trespassing; but iu the case of unfcnced land, the oom p:er is not entitled to Waim any d'i'ii ae;es except fees l.ir driving, or '<• giving notice ■».' the detention ~t cattle, as provided in Uie S<-eti;i Schedule. .SEEDS REQUIRED TC SOW A\ ACRE. ilarley, 2* to 2} bushels; beane, 2 tc bushels; buckwheat, or blank, lj bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot ir drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, 1. 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 tc 24 Ls] do. for single-liue fencing, to sow ont mile, 3 to 1 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; <10., drilled. 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seod, 1J busbsls, lucerne, hroadcast, 20 lbs; do., 15 His; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, S to 4 bushel?; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; ryp. 2i to 8 bushels; rys grass (il drilled, one-fourth lees). 2 to 8J fcels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tares, winter, bushels; do., spring, 8 tc 2\ bnahttls; trifolinm incarnatnm. H Ihs; tnrnip. 9 to 8 lbs; turnip stnbhln. i Ibt; whost- 2i to nuahaU.