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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1916, Page 4

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WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

» FOll READ* REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, eto., attached, 3a. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; xceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2b 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £'Sdo and does not exceed £500 15s, 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 of Exchange. Gon 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 same duty as li a single iill were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: i'or every £50 or part ot £50 of tlie amount of the consideration for sate 7a 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 every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885,'' oil* any Act amending the 'ame at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeL - ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargoable with duty, tfhars such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—-Generally speaking, thy same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium: Where rent doee not exceed £50 3a fur 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 duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or Ancestor. There's nothing equal to Nasol for stopping coughs and colds, soothing Bore throats and banishing influenza Unod for old and yonnjc-—Adrt. Every prudent man carries "Nazol" in his vest pocket. Nothing so good for preventing and relieving coughs andi colas. 60 doses Is 6d. —Ad. Lite's Ad incidents tare shown, Joy and sorrow, laughter, sadness. Gladness, madness, grief and moan. But the "movie" that upset me Was the cough that made me poor, Faded from the screen for ever, I Chased by Woods' Great Peppermint Onre.—Adrt.

Borough Councils are empowered by the -V unit.pal Corporations Act to erect for llie occupation of worker*, employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitablo for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corpora tions Amendment Act, 1913, Councils aao further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land t> a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to aoquife 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 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 Seoond Schedule is a ficient 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 Between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence wljich is not, as far an practicable, eoatina-ja? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ivOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, If yon turn to the ri?ht you go wrong. JJut in walking wtho streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people <eho wish to walk there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may legally bo made—in tEe cas ©of bronie cow, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caeo of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecaee of gold coins for toy amount, 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 of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue 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 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 60 a.m. Berlin 1 S3 am. Berne 1 oam Bombay ... 6 21 &m. Boston ... ... ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane .. ... • • ... 10 80 a tn. Brussels 0 84 » m

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched 86 directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the f*iot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the ftruss -seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly , pulverised ..in! trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable: — Crested Dog-tail, 21Be; l!'estuca teiiui folia, -libs; Festuca duruscula, 2lbs, Loliurn teuuitolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliutn tninor, 81bs; Poa ISeuioralis and Sempervirona 41bs of eac6. This mixture will - uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn. and if kept cut close answers most eoJs. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawDß may »lso bw„nad from any seedsmsn. Some of jur uative poas and other grasses woild answer o'imirably lor lawn purposeo. 11 the ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should De deferred til. l August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some ureter the scythe for the first time of cutting. Itoll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mowor. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be iru pound'jd by the occupier <\f the lane! on whicb they are trespassing; hiii m the case of unf priced land, the <kv i P'er is m>l entitled to rinim biiv • 1 mr>: a:;os except fees for driving, nr '<>• giving notice •>( the detention ui cattle, «(■ provided in th« Stx-uint Schedule. aEEDS REQUIRED 10 SOW a \ ACRE. riarley, 2* to SJ bushels j beam, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biank, bushels; cabbage to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'La; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage). to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, i lbs-, linseed, for flax, 2) bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., dril' .l, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold vrurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; ry» grans (if drilled, one-fourth l«es), 8 to 2J Vishels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tare*, winter, 34 bnahels; do., spring, 8 to 2 J buj&ols; trifolittm incaraatnm, 34 lbs; turnip, S to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbi; wheat- 2i to Si bushel*.