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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1916, Page 4

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— FOR IIEADi REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agi' (M.- rit or Memorandum of Agree ment, in ;M wiuh letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount docs not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £i } 'M and does not exceed £500 15s, 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 £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 21; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, 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 ae it a single Lull were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—-Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7s Gd. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred U> or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for e*ery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed *inder "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885,'* or any Act amending the >ame at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than oldemand: For'every sum not exceec ing £25, fid,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, It.; every additional £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 as the original instra. ment; in any other case 3e. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking the same dutie» as would have'been'payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lwjse, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 ifc for every additional £50 or part of £50 3a. For any instrument affecting a 'partition of lands upon xriy consideration' exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by ihe MunicipaT Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resided in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' or may acquire buildings by purchase 1 or otherwise, and render tiiefu suitable for the same purpose, the'letting'to be in the hands of the CotiftbiT.' By section 52 of the Municipal' Corporations 1 Airofidtnien't Act, 1913, Conn cii*. are 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 dwelling; (2) advance money to a woxKer to eniible Mm to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payni'ent of advances and the payment of purchase- money hjinstalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES A fence of any oi the kinds mention ed in the Second Schedule is a <ufficieut fende within the meaning of 'he Fencing Act ( (5.7). The occupiers of adjoihiag lands noi divided by a sufficient fence are liat)!e to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence o& tween such lands, although tuch fence may not «stund along tho whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, as far u p r aoii*able, ooßtin* tbioughout its length. . / THE RULES OF THE nOAD v 'Ihe Rule of the Road is a para-iox quite; i*'or in driviug your carriage along, It you bear to the left yon ere jure to go right. If yoa tnru to the you go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different wise; To the right it'u right woii shoald' •teer, On the left should be'left enough of eleir spatie Foi the people ' who wisli to walk there.'

LEGAL TENDER: Tender of mon&w may legaJiV be made— in tfie cas eof bronze for any amount not exceeding Is; in the easo of silver coins, not exceeding <0a; in th ©case of gold coins for &ny 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 'n New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Iroue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N 55. MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m. I Aden S SI a.m.

Alexandria 3 38 a.m. Amsterdam • 0 BP i m. Berlin 1 28 im. Berne •• ••• ■• • 1 <) nm. Bombay •• .• 5 21 « ■>«. Boston ■ ■ ••• ••• 7 I*' Brindisi • •• ••• ••• 1 a m. Brisbane •• ••• 10 3D a ai. Brussels t) *4 *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 piot can be prepared' in March,' a season ii ay be gained by sowing the ktasb seed during that month; the surfjce must be thoroughly pulverised ..ud trodden down firmly. The following ii a good mixturo, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Feutuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa -Nemoralia and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will -uffico for half an acre, and will form b very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most sods. Special mixtu.os fov layiug down lawns may nko be iiad troni any seedsman. Some of oui native poas and other grasses woild answer e'lmirably lor !awn purposes. 11 tlir- ground is oi a reteutive nature, suwing the seeds sliould ue deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as oouii as iho machine will uct. Some j:o----oi the scythe for the first time u? cutting. Roll previous to uiuwi'ig; 16 Aiil save the kaivos o' tlio mow-jr.

liil'Or.v'DlXG CATi'LE, EIC. Ah ucspajsiihg '• cattle may be itb ,umnil -d by the occupier of the lane! i ThieV they are trespassing; but' m •h<> ras" of unferiwd land, the occu p*er is not entitled to ciaim any dan/ except fees for driving] or 'c giving notite of the detention or vieli .cattle, as provided in «,he Second schedule. REQUIRED TO SOW AS ACRE. Hurley, 2* to 21 bushels; beams, 3 to H bushels; buckwheat, or blank, I) bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*«-rot in drills, 8 to-12 lba; clover, I. io 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rAbi (turniprooted cabbiige), to transplant, 1 lb;' do., drilled, '4 lba; linseed, for flax, il| bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushsls, Juoerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drill©*!, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold w'urtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to -4 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pit; rye, 24 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J fcek; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; taro«, winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, S to 2} bushels; trifoliam incarnatuin, S4 lbs, turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; tnrriip ithbbl«, f lbs; wheat. 21 to 2} bushels.