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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1916, Page 4

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« FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agn eiin :;t «.r Memorandum of Agreement, U 3d wiih letters, etc., attached, 3s. " """ Appjaisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, le.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed '£50, 2e Bd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £270 iOs, aiid does not exceed £5*30 loa, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000,* 355. P.n'e. not exoeeding £26 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £60 Is, everj 10s.' ' Bills of Exchanged Oon demand 2>l; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, fer any "amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. ; if drawn in a Bet, such slum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty sus if a single .bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part f of' £50 of the amount of' the consideration for sale 7« 6d. Any instrument whereby any proper ty is legally or equitably transferred U or vested in any person for a homina consideration or where no 'oonsiderat ion passes, for e*ery £50 b'r -part of £o( of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed -in der "The Property Assessment 4ct 1885," oi* any Act amending the 'am at the date when such instrument take effect, 10s. Promissory Notes. —i'ayment on de mand 2d. Payable otherwise than o demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and exceeding £50, Is. j every additions £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any >r strument chargeable with duty, wher such duty does not amount to V the same duties as the original instrc ment; in any other case 3e: Land Transfers. —Generally speakin( the same duties as would have been paj able on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, witl out any consideration by way of prei ium: Where rent doee not exceed Lc 3c for every additional £50 or pa of £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting a part tion of lands upon iny oonsideratio exceeding £100. Soldier#' estates are exempt from t ! duty up to £5000 in respect to eve succession by lineal descendant or » ceetor. , t | DWELLINGS.

, ; , VM r • Borough Councils are empowered by he Municipal Corporations Act to erect or the occupation of workers employed >i resident in boroughs any buildingi mitable for workers' dwellings, or may icquire buildings by purchase or otherrise, and render them suitable for +.he same purpose, the letting to be" in tile xands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1918, Ceunjils 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 woiiter to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (S) sell'to'» worker ,ny separate worker's dwelling. : Provision i» made for the repayment of advances and th« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalment*. THlfl FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of tho kinds mentioned in the Soooiid Schedule is a ► Efficient femce within the meaning Yif Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands n<*i divided by a sufficient fence are lial)!« to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of ft fence ne tween such lands, although »uch fenct uiay not extend along the whole 'boundary liue D::t no occupier is liab'u to con tribute to any fence which ii net, m far as p r *cti*ab!«, ooalino )a tbioughout its length. THE RULES OF TIIE rv)AD The Rule of the Roßd is « paraloi quito; For in your carriage along, If benr to the loft von rr* <ur< to go right, If j-jq tnr.n to t-he ri>/!<t y;;u g< wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a dif ferent case; To the right it is right wou shoali steer, On the left should be left enoagh o clear spaoe For the people rbo wish to w»U there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legale b made—in the cas ecf bronie fo any amount.not exceeding Is; in th caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s' in th ecase of gold coins for »n amount, unless coined prior to *'th reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 8 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclama tion 22, Nov., 1880). Bank notes are now legal tender 1: New Zealand and ars still a fin charge on the assets ot the hank o ict.ua ("Bank Note Act, 1893 ' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 s.m Aden 3 31 a.m

-LAYING I>OWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la ffn,. he ground should be trenched u lirecled for the vegetable garden any ;ime during the autumn. If the plot :au be propaied in March, a season ray be gained by sowing the gr-isa seed during that month; the surface nust be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following a a good mixture, if procurable: — urested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Feetuca tenaifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 2lbs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, ] ilbe; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens j tlbs of eac&. This mixture will -uftice for half an acre, and will form a tft±ry good lawn. »nd if kept out close answers most soils. Special mixtuiee for lading down lawns may olso b<? Nad troin any seedsman. Some of out native poas and othor giusseb world answer admirably tor iuwn purpo.syo. it the ground is of a retentive nature, jiiwiiig the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to cut as »oon <to tLo uiucbiue will act. Bouie >reer iL<! scythe fur ilie tirst, tune, of i_uu.,ng. Roll previous to mowing; llus will save the knives oV the tuurfjr. L\a j OI\*'DJNQ CATTLE. EIC. Ali treepassiug cattle may be, itn (KiunJ ;d by the occupiei of the land ~J ivli.cli they are trespassing; Oul m iie case of unlunced iand, the occu y.o' Jb not entitled to ciaim any dam ■ except fees tor driving, or. 'o< giving notice of the detention ii ■such cattle, an provided in '-bo Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED iO SOW aS ACRE., tiarlcy, 2* to Si bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or biank, 1) bushels; cabbage idrumbead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary,.3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lba; clover, I- to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for 6eed, 1J busha'ji, lucerne, liroadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold •vurtitel, '5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, I pft; rye, 2i to 8 bushels; t?%, graia. (il 'drilledone-fourth lers), i to 2i kwhela; sainfoin, winter, bnslhols; do., spring, 8 t«: 2J buahols; trifoliini ijacarnatnm. .81 ii;?, turnip. 3 to 8 lbs; tnrnip stnbbl*, i lbi; wheat- 21 to 2) nnsbels

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