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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 June 1916, Page 4

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o FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; . x ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e 'jd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £2.d0 and does not exceed £500 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £600 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 la, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running si ugly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part nf £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such a urn upon each bill of the set as to zraJte up the same duty as if a single L-ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance —Conveyance on sale : For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7b (3d. 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 of the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,'' or any Act amending the «ame at the da to when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes—fayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceet. • ing £25, 6d,j exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, la.; every addition*! £50 or part of £60, la. Duplicate or counterpart oi any id strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to $s, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—(Generally speaking, the same duties a* would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3n for every additional £50 or part of £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £6000 in respect to every s -. rf .n„;n!! lit- Irnnal descendant <w *mi- .-. .-t r

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporation* Act to erect far the occupation of worker* employ el oi resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, aud render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Counoil. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act. 1913, Council** a;u flirtnor empowered in regard to workers' dwelling. 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 j (8) sell to a worker ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision ii made for the repayment of advances and the 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 suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, m far aa praotieaM*, owrtinn-i* 0 tbioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE tvOAD The Rule of the Road is • para io* quite; For in driving your carriage If you bear to the left you u« <ure U> go right, If yoa tarn to the riyht yon go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On the left should ba left enough of clear space Foi the people who wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legaJcr be made—in the cas eof bronte coiw, for any amount not exceeding 1b; 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 ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note I.<mue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME.

As compared with — Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 m.m. Aden ... S 81 a.m. Alexandria 9 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 am. Berlin 1 88 am. Berne ... ... 1 0a m. Bombay ... 5 21 an. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 43 am. Brisbane 10 80 a tn. Brussels 6 S4 «m.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the f»iot can be prepared in March, a season tray be gained by sowing the ftross soed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. Tbe following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail 21 Hs; t'estuca ten uifolia. 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuitolia perenne. 201 bs, White clovor ,2ib»; Trifoliuru minor, Slbs; Poa Neinoralie and Sempervirsns libs of eacß. Thie mixture will ufSce for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and it kept out close answers most sods. Special mixtu.es :ur laying down lawns may »lao b« flad irom any seedsman. tiome of our native poas and other grasses wo'lld answer d'luiirably lor iaivn purposes, li the ground is oi a retentive natJre, sowing the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to ;qut as soon as the machine will act. Some ireior the scythe for the first time cutting. Roll previous to. mowing; this will save the knives ot the moA'or IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be ins p;>und si by the occupiei of the land ■in whicli they are trespassing; bui hi the case of unfenced land, the occu p.or is not eutitled to oiaim any damages except foes for driving, or «oi giving notice of the detention ui vach cattlo, a* provided in (,he Second Schedule." SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ACRE. Parley, 2* to JJ bushels; beans, 9 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o'Vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I/bo 17 1T»; furze or gorse, lor feed, 20 to 24 :bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl r/ibi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed,, for flax. Si bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} busbsln, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; ry» grais (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 8 to 3J Isabels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 3} bnahels; do., apring, 9 to 2| bushels; trifoliu>ni incarnatoin, 94 lbs; turnip, 9 to 8 lbs; tnrnip stubble, 4 lb*; wheat. 2J to 9} bushels