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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1916, Page 4

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FOK READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement or Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with-letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed ■ £50, 2e 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £'J/)0 and doee not exceed £o'}o 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same ai Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n'e. not Skoeeding £25 6d, exceeds £25 2 and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10a. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 21; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if jdrawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same' duty- as it a single nil were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £50 of the. ameunt of the consideration for sale 7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred l y or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or ' where no considerate ion passes, for ewery £50 or part of £5U of the amount or'value oi the properly conveyed or. transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment ist, 1885,'' oi- any Act amending the -ame at the date when-: such instrument takes effect, 10s.

Promissory Notes—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every• sum not exceec ing £25, <3d,; exceeding £25 and l exceeding £30, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, la. Duplicate or counterpart oi any in strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instrument ; in any other c&Be 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking the Ettiue duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed JCdu 3c for every additional £50 or part of £50 3a. c For any instrument affecting a partiLion 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 ancestor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. liorough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act.to erect tor 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 t,h<> same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

liy section 52 of the Municipal (Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Coun oik 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 worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worKer to enable him 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 end the payment pf advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. ' TELE FENCING ACT' EItECIION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the -kinds .luentiou ed in the-Second Schedule is a > efficient fence -within .the meauiug: of'ut Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining-lands aot divided by a sufficient fence are list>!e to "join in o* contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence i-e tween suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabia to contribute to any fence which is not, h far m praolisahte, eoatinajatbioughout ito length. THE RULES OF THE uOAO The Rule of th<> Road is t parados quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left yon ».re <»re to go right-, If yon turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in. walking the streets 'tis a different cuse; To the right it is right won should ■teer, On the left, should be left enough of clear space For the people ffho wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legaJtr he made—in tfie cas eof bronie for any amount not exceeding Is; in the i caso of silver coins,-not exceeding 40s; in th.ecase of gold' coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Wo&oris (83 and 31 < Vio. o. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclama- j tion 22, Nov., 1880). i

Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue f'Bank Note Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOOK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As cocnpared with— Adelaide 10 0 ®.m. Aden ... 3 SI a.m.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vu, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden sny time during the autumn. If the j»iot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the p;riaß seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ../id trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Ub; I'estuea tenuifolia, 41bs; f'estuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium teuu'iiolia perenne, 201'.)5, White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoialis and Seuupervirens libs of each. This mixture will uffice for half an > acre, and will forio a very good lawn, and if kept cut cloae answers most soJ6. Special mixta es for laying down lan us uiay'»lso to ,-iad Irouj any soedsmaa. &oiue of .jui native pnas uud otbor glasses woiiil itisncr vimirubly lor lawn purpose, ll the- ground is w a rvleiitive nat lie, iuwiiig tlie seeds should uc- ijflWjud til' August. Commence to cm. u& .-*oui, ih tho muchine will act. Some jreler the scythe for tho tirsi time j 1 cutting. lioll pioviCiis to this will save the knives ui tli« ujo,v.>r iMJ'ul'.v'UlNG CAT iLE, KIC. Ah uespussiug cattle may be in. fUjimd k! by the occupioi of the ianc rth.cli they are tre»pan.sing; but in -he case of unfuaced land, the occu p.er is aot entitled tu ciatm any dam a &es except foes fjr driving, or '</ giving notice of the detention ui vjrli cattle, as provided in Uje -Swo.-ui Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO 30 W a\ ACHE. tfarley, 2* to »| bushels; beans, 2 to ii bushels; buckwheat, or blank, bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. m 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 21 bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushols, lucerne, broadcast,'2o lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 Ibe; rape or cole, 1 p^t; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; ry» grass (if drilled, lees), li to Si bug hels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar<». winter, bushels; tj«.. spring, 2 U

2} bashals; trifoli'am incarnatam, $4 I ha; t»rnip, I to S lb«; tornip atubbl« { lb» ; wheat- Ji to*Bi oashela

[ Alexandria 2 28 a m. Amsterdam ... 0 50 .1 ui. I Berlin 1 23 a m. Bern* 1 0 a in. ( Bombay ... 6 21 a.m. * i Boston 7 16 pm. Brindisi 1 42 a m. Brisbane 10 80 a m. Brussels ... ... 6 24 » m. i