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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 May 1916, Page 4

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KOK READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation -where the I amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s bd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £MQ and does not exceed £500 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills or Exchange. Oon demand 2.1; 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 rrake up the same duty as it a single till were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: l'or every £50 or part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7s Cd. 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 en ery £50 or part of £50 of the amount, or value oi the property conveyed or translerred or assessed 'antler "The Property Assessment 4.ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the - ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10a. promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than oc demand: l'or every sum not exceec lug £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, ' la.; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instritinent; in any other case 3s. Laud Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, the same dutie* as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of preaijum : Where rent doea not exceed £50 3"? for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration esceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or Miceftor. There's nothing equal to Nasal for stopping coughs and colds, soothing so r e throats and banishing inluer.na Good for old and young.—Adrt. Every prudent man carries "Nazol" in his Vest pocket. Nothing so good i for preventing and relieving coughs and colas. 60 doses Is 6d. —Ad.

DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by ilie Municipal Corporations Act to eirect 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 +<he same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the' Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1918, Councils are (u i t her empowered in regard to workei--' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land tj a worker for the purpose of ereoting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a wo/icer to enable him to acquire land and build n worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ■ sny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for th«' 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 the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient 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 os contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, u far m praotinM*! ea*tin«i>B? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ttOAD. The Rule of the Road is a parados quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear tjo the left you are *ure to go right, if yon turn to the riyht you g« wrong. Hut in walking the streets 'tis a different cute; To the right it is right wou ahoald stoor, On the lefi should be left enoagh of clcar space Fot the people ffho wish to wall there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew ma; lsgaky be made—in the cas eof bronie coiw, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of eilrer coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vio. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are skill a first charge on the assets ,of the bank of •seue ("Bank Note Ipque Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME.. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria 9 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 83 am. Berne 1 0a m. Bombay ... B 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 34 *m.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is de6ired to form a lakd, 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 uay be gained by sowing the piriss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..n<< trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 2IUr ; l'estuca tenuilolia. 4Jbs; Kestuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium teiiultolia perenne, 201'js; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, rflbs ; Poa Nemoraliis and Seuipervirens •libs of eac/i. This mixture will office for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn., and ii kept cut close acsivprp most so»Is. Special mixta os for laj'ing down lawns may »lso to and from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor !awn purposes. 11 the ground is oi a retentive nature, solving the seeds should Do deferred til.' August. Commence to cut as soon us the machine will act. Some »reler the scythe for the first time of v-utting, Hull previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the motvar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, El'C. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupie* of the land which they are tres-pansing; bin m the case of uofenced laud, the ocv i p.e-r is not entitled to eiaiii! anv hi.'i' except fees f.ir .fnving. .>r <• giving i.ol iie .»f tl.e di-UMitiur-cattle, as provided . in «•()«* , r ,.j Schedule, ■SF,EIXS REQUIRED TO SOW n S ACHE. tJarley, 2* fro bushels; bea-ns, 2 to bushels; buckwheat, or blank, IJ bushels; cabbage tdrunihead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o~.;rot in drills. 8 to 12 lbs ; clover, 1 - co 17 lbs; furae or gorso, for feed, 20 tr. 24 bs; do. for single-line tencing. to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2i bnehels; linseed, for . seed, 1 i bushals , I lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 13 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, Sto 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth le&s), 2 to 2J \isLeia; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, wirter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 3 to "J bnehels; trifoliaa incaraatnm, S4 Iba; turnip, 2 to S lbs; tnrrjp gtnbhl*. j '1 lb» , wbrat- 2J to 2J iinsV.eJs