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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1916, Page 4

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—, » FOR READ\ HJ&FERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of 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 £2X) 10s, £2i)o and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20b. Award, same ai Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35^ P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25 2 and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 21; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a Bet, such sum upon each bill of 'the set as to make up the same duty as if a single Lill . were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: For every, £50 or part of £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale 7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred V' or vested in any person: tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol 'the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment: \st, 1885," oi* any Act amending the *ame i at the data,, when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—fayaient on de mand Jid. Payable otherwise than o.i demand: For every sum not exceei. ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 aud l exceeding £50, 1».; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any- »n strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to the same duties as ther> original • ment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to- Lease,- *itb • out any consideration.by way of prenhirn: Where rent does not exceed fcoO 3c for 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.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. , .

Borough Councila are empowered by ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect tor the occupation of workers employed 01 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 the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal.(.Jor- - l>orations Amendment Act, 1913, Coiin uil- axe 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 wonter to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ay separate worker's dwelling. . Provision i» made for the repayment of adi an. es and tL« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE-FENCING ACT. &Rl-X1 lON OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentiou ed in the Second Schedule is a ft-f----ficient fence witiiin the meaning of >be Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiere of adjoining lands riot divided by a sufficient ience are ti»ule uj join in oz contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oe tween such lands, although »uch fe'io* may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, M far u piaotiaahto, O&atinsnithioughout it* length. THE RULES, OF THE tvvMD. The Rule of the Road is .a para-io* quite; For in driving your carriage, along, If you bear to the loft you ere <ure to go right, If you turn to the you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right won should steer, On the left should be left - snoagh of clear space For the people ffho wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender oF monew may Isgahy be made—in the cas eof brome coij-4, for any. amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase 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 in New Zealand and are still a first cbarge< on the' assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note• Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOQN N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 8 31 a.m.

— i LAYING DOWN A LAWN. j

When it is desired to form a laR-u, the ground should be trenohed m directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n - ay be gained by sowing the gr'ias seed during that month; the surface ( must be thoroughly pulverised "\.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— i Created Dog-tail, 21b's; Feetuca tenaifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs j Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201'oa; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis. and Sempervirens libs of each. This mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and il kept cut close answers most soils. Special miztu.es for laying down luaos ina.v »lso be <iad from any seedsman. Some of our uative poas and other grasses wo'ild inewer admirably lor lawn purposes. 11 the- ground is oi a retentive nature, lowing the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to cut as »oon hs the uiuchine will act. Some ire;er the scythe for the liibi time j' cutting. Roll previous to mowcig, - Jus will save the knives oi the uio«vjr CAIiLE, EIU f ■ „ Afi i,ret.piissing cattle may be inbound id by the occupiet of ihe land in nhick they are trespassing; but in ut case ol uulenced laud, the occj p:ei is tiot outitKxl to ciaim any dam lies except fees fjr driving, or • a ivii;g uotk.e of the detention \>i vjcti ■ attle, as provided in <he Sceoim Schedule, <ep:ds required to sow an ACRE. tiarley, 2* to 7] bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biank, 1| bushels; cabbage to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-.-rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; cliwer, ' . to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs ; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb ; do., drilled, 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 1) bushV.s, lucerne, broadcast? 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbe; oats, 3 to. 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10$lbs; rape or oole, I pit; rye, 2t to 8 bushels; rys grass (il <!ril!ed. one-fourth lees), 2 to 21 las L-ols; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, wiiitor, 2} bushels;. do., spring, ,S to 2J bunhels; trifoliam incarnatam, S4 :L'b, turnip. J to * lbe; turnip st'abbl*. t 1!>»; « ii to Si Dnsbels.

Alexandria 8 28 »«n. '■ AinaUjrauiu .■ . 0 50 .1 m. Berlin 1 23 a m B«rn* 1 0 « "■• j Bombay 5 21 a -n. j Boeton ... ». ... 7 46 p m. ' Brindisi 1 42 » m. biiebaoe 10 30 am. liruesela • 6 14 » m.