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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 May 1916, Page 4

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* . JFQR READ* REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. of Meuiorandun. of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, eto., attached, 3s. Appraisement' ot Valuation where the unount does not exceed £20, Is.; xeeed £20, does not exceed £50, 2b tid, fxcced £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £'/W and does not exceed £590 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds j £25, and not exceeding atoO 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 make up the same duty as it a single Lill were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—-Conveyance on sale: For every £50 ox part ot £50 of ttie amount of the consideration for sale 7» 6d. 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 oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the i ame at the dais when such instrument takes, effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For "every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding '£50, Is. j every addition*! ,£SO or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in .strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to is, t'b© &'fline duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3e. ' Land Transfers. —Generally speaking, |J th-j same duties aa would have been pay;j able on a conveyance. ;i Lease, or Agreement to Lease, <vithi| out any consideration by way of premjj ium : Where rent does not exceed £50 jj 3;: for every additional £50 or part |j of £50 3a. 1 For any instrument affecting a parti- ] lion of lands upon *ny consideration ; .exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all i dirty up to £5000 in respect to every j succession by lineal descendant or snj oixrfcor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect t&r the occupation of workers employed ot 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 are fari'ier empowered in regard to worker' dwellings. The seciioa provides that u Council may (1) let land t) a worker for the purpnse of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worKer to enable him to acquire Jund and build n worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker • "ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the 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 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 boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m fax as practicable, ©wtfinaoap throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE ifOAD The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are iure t« go right, If you turn to the rifrht you go wrcng. iiuL in walking the streets 'tis a different cuse; To the right it is right won ahoald steer, On the left should be left enoogh of clear space Foi Che people vho wish to walk there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may legal t.y be made—in tfie cas eof bronse coii~4, for any amount not exceeding 1b; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for fcny 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 ■68ue ("Hank Note Ifsue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 9 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 60 am. Berlin 1 28 jm. Berne ... ... 1 0a m. Bombay ... .. ... 6 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 24 «m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la<rn, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the ;»iot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the ftr-isa seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..ml trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable: — Crested Dog-tail. 21b6; t'estuca tenui folia. 41bs; Fentiica durusculu, 2lbs, Lolium tenuitoiia perenno, 201bs, White clover ,2lbs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Netnoralie and Sempervirens 41 bs uf each. This mixture will ;uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and ii kept cut close arsworp niost soils. Special mixtu.es for living down lawns may »lso to nad from any seedsmaa. Some of our native pang and other grasses woild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. Ii the ground is of a retentive nature, Moving the seeds should De deferred til.' August. Commence to cut, as soon hs the luuobiue will act. Some irelei the scythe for the tirst time of Roll previous to moniig; Jiis will save the knivos ot the moivor. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trefpussing cattle maj bo iui pound*! by the </ccupici uf ihc land «hick lin-i are tri.-4i>.if , si:i^; .i----(be -o of uriionved lan 1, I Lit- <xv i i- :s "•'! . i!in .-iaim a:i.v l.» ~ L'XC* Jif ii-t';. f.n lriviii£, <rr . r r:ot ii h of tlu> der-t'lition •j■ •tj ,'!■= provided in Us<* SV»v>rii| sKKDS REQUIRED ]O SOW a\ AORK. barley. 2* to 5fJ bushels; bewis, 2 to ■2i bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1) bushels ; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line lencing. to sow one oiilo, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turaiprooled cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled. 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels ; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucpruo. broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 liis; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p«t; rve, 2J to 3 bushels; . rye grass (if. ciril.'ed, one-fourth lees), 9 to 2J labels; sainfoin, giant,, 6 bushels; tares, wirter, 21 bnsbels; do., spring, 2 to 2} bnnhols; trifolinru incarnatum, 14 lh«; turnip. 2 to !l lbs; tnrnip »tob>)le, 4 lb« • Tboat- to 21 msbe!*