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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 June 1916, Page 4

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—.— FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES A g: ■ ( n.. :it ilemorandun. of 'Agreement, 1 & 31 w ih letters, etc., attached, ;is. / AppraLseaiein ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, le.; . xceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £/M and uoes not exceed £500 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same aa 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 2.1; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such suim upon each bill of the set aa to make up the same duty as it a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance-—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 osr part- oi £50 of tlie amount of the consideration for salo 7a 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred fc< 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 ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4.ct, 1885," ovr any Act amending the «ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on de mand 2d. Payable otherwise than oi; demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and i exceeding £50, 1».; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, la. 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 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, frith out any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3c for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a-parti-tion of lands Upon *ny 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 Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for t.be same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1918, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land t i 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 and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. \ A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ftfficieut fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in 0/ contribute in equal proportion® to the erection of a fence netween such lands, although such fence may uol extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is iiabie to contribute to any fence which is not, as far u p r aoHsable, eoKtinHii? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE kOAD The Rule of the Road ia a parados quite; For in driving your carriage along) If you bear to the left yon ere *ure to go right, If yon turn to the rij*bt you go' wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won ahosld steer, On tbe lofti should lio left enough of elear space Foi tho people iriSo wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender oF monew may lagaHy be made—in the cas eof bronze for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 84 Vio. c. 10, eec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Rank notes are now legal tender In New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ol the bank of issue ("Bank Note Twue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ~.t 3 91 a.m.

\ | LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la am, the ground should "be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared iu March, a season lray be gained by flowing the gr-vss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised tJid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Festuca tenuiPolia, 41bs; Fe.-auca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Jiibs; Poa Nemoralie and Setnporvirens lib? of eac&. This mixture will suffice tor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and ii kept cut close answers most soils. (Special mixtu.ee for.laying down lawns may »lso be nad from any 80-idsman. (Some of our nati'.-e pons and otiu-r glasses, wo ltd answer B'imitably lor Jawn purposes. It the- grouud is oi a roteutivo nature, sowing the suede should uo deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut. as aoon .lb ilio machine will act. Some J.~eler tho scythe for Vht> lirst tune j* cuti.iig. Hull previous to inoiyng; this will save the knives ol the mon jr. nil'Of.sDlXG CATi'Lifi, KIC. All trespassing cattle may be ioi pound .tl by Uit- occupioi of ihc laud ■yi rtiiick they ate trespassing; bui, iu rhf raso pf unlenced land, tho ocou i/.c is jot entitled to ciairn any dam J»es except fees tar driving, or !ogiving notice of tho detention A vjeii cattle, us provided in t.iie Second Schedule. • SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. darley, 2 i to TJ bushels, be&iis, 2to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biank, li bushols; cabbage to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pigs; c-.-rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; Ho. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbB; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2£ bushels; .linseed, for seed, li bush-ils, Income, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushelp; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p<t; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rys grata \if ■trilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2} tagcols; sainfoin,, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring;, S to 2J buahals; trifoliuii incarnatum, 84 ii-'s-, turnip, 2 to S !be; taraip stnbbl*, < Ibi; wheat.. 2J to 8} bushels.

Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ••• ••• JO a m. Berlin 1 23 j m. B*ru* "1 0 a ta. Bombay 5 21 am. Boston ... 7 16 pm. Brindisi 1 12 a in. Briebane .. 10 30 a tn. Brneeele ... ~ 6 84 ■, m.