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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1916, Page 4

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I LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

FOR READY <tEFERENOE. STAMP DUTIES ■A_;inom< nt „r iiouiorundiiu of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Apj.r:iisetneut ol Valuation vhere the amount does not exceed £iJw, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does, not exceed £50, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £270 10s, £:'?0 and does not exceed £500 15s, eALucdfl £500 20sAwaid, same as \ armtions, except exceeds £500 but not. £1100, 305,; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25 a and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10K. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running for any amount not exceeding £50, 1b; 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 if a single till were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for aale 7a M. 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 ewery £50 ; or part of £50 of the amount or value of the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ot, 1885," oa - any Act amending the * ame at the da to when such, instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For sum, not excecc ■ ing £25, 6d,j exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, 1a.,; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is, Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to is, the same duties aa the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—lienor ally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Leaee, or Agreement to Lease, with out any consideration by way of pre ilium ; Where rent doe* not exceed £50 3a for every additional £50 or part of £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon iny consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or Mice# tor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by (he Municipal Corporations Act to erect t»r the occupation of -workers employed oi 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 th« Council. .By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* aire further empowered in regard to workers' 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 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 uiade for th« 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 »■ ufficient fence within the meaning of l'ecciug Act (6.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are haola u.i join in oy contribute in equal proportions to the emotion of a fence oetween such lands, although such feuce u?ay not extend along the whole boundary line. But oo occupier is liable to contribute to any fenw* which is not, u far u pjaotinhl«, oontinaja? throughout it# length. THE RULES OF THE h*>AD The Kale of the Road is « para ioi quite; For id driving your carnage, alo f 'ig, U you bear u> ifae left you *it» >nr« U) go right, 11 joo turn to the rijrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald ateer, On (he left thould be. left enoagh of clear spaoe For the people ifho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of tnonew may legaltv be uiado—in the cas eof bronze for any amount not exceeding Is; in the cas j of silver coins, not exceeding (Os; in th ecase of gold coins for »ny amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 84 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and ara still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Batik Note I.«sue 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 88 a.m. rt ilibt-eIIIUIH •• 0 jvi 1 111. iivilu ... ... I H » '<»• B»ia« . I od. iii. liomitay .. ... 5 21 < u. Bvaiull • . .. •• i Hi pm. BrmJiai ... ... 1 li! u oi. Biisbane. 10 30 a ui. Brussels 6 !M *m.

When it is desired to form a la*-n, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in Maroh, a season nay be gained by sowing the grws seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .aid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Es; Festuca tenuit'olia, 41 bs; Festuca duruscula, 2lbs; Lolium tenuiiolia perenne, 201ba; White clover ,21bB; Trifolium ' minor, Slbs.; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervireng 41bs of each. This mixture will "-uftico for half an acre, and, will form a very good lawr>. and if kept out close answera most spila. Special mixtu ea for laying down lasvns may »lso be nad from any seedsman. Some of >jur. native poas and other grasses woild answer. admirably. lor lawn ' purposys. If tho ground is oi a retentive natjro, .-living the seeils should ue deferred tiL' August. Commence to cut ai> .vion »k the machine nill act. Souic j.-e----ler the scythe for tile tirst time j< cutting. Roll previous to inuwi:ig; i t.hi ß will save the knives oi the IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be iiti pound-jd by the occupier of iho itnd on which they are trespassing, Out, in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'm giving notice of the detention ui «'ich cattle, as. provided in the Second Schedule. SJKEDS REQEJ KED .TO SOW. a\ ACRE. tJarley, 2* to ij.buehels; beans, 2 to H bushels; buckwheat, or. biaok, IJ bushels; cabbage tdrumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; c*;rot in drills,, Bto 12 lbs; clover., 1. co 17,1b5; furap or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, Bto 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, IJ buahois, 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, 2|. to 8-buahe)s; rjß grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), * to 2J I •J8 bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar-.*, winter, 3}. bushels; do., spring, 2 tc 2i bushels; trifoliam incarn*ti:m, 14 lbs; turnip. 3 to f ibs; turnip itnbhlo.4 lbs; wheat- !i to 2l buabel».