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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1916, Page 4

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; 1 FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agn t ibi iit of Memorandum of Agree meut, Js lid with letters, eto., attached, ;18. Appraisement ol Valuation where the auiouuL does not exceed £20, Is.; . xceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e bd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10a, .Ci'.tlO and dues not exceed £500 15b, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £35 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 la, 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, la.; if - drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as if a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7m (Sd. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred t*> or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or wheire no consideration passes, for ewery £50 or part of £50 [ of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment ■let, 1885,'' oi* any Act amending the *ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on de wand 2d. Payable otherwise than or demand: For every sum not excoet ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, la.; 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 3s, the same duties as the original infltra. ment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers. speaking, tbe same duties as would hare been payable on a conveyapee. Lease, or Agreement to Lsase, without any consideration by way oi premium ; Where rent does not exoeed £50 3c. for every additional £50 or part of £50 3«. For any instrument affecting a partition 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 the Municipal Corporations Act to erect lotr ths 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 the same purpose, the letting to be in • the hands of the Counoil. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations. Amendment Aot, 1913, Coun- | cil* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land t j 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 th« payment of advances and the payment of purehase-money hy instalments. THE FENOING ACT. fiRECTIOiN OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule :s a sufficient fence within the meaning of tbe Fencing Act (5.7). I Tbe occupiers of adjoining lands not ! divided by a sufficient fence are liable j to join in or contribute ip equal pro- ' poriione to the erection of a fence oetween such lands, although such fence I may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far as practicable, eoxtinv>B° throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE nOAD The Rule of tbe Road is a para-lot quite; For iu driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere iure to go right, ii jou turn to the you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won shoald steer, On the left should be left enpagh of dear space For the people who wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legale be made—in the eas eof hronue coii*4, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ©case of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1880). Bank notes are now legal tender In New Zealand and are still a first cbarge on the assets of tbe bank of issue ("Batik Note I«ue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. Ab compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden 3 SI a.m. I

I LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a lava, the ground should be trenched as, directed for the vegetaDJe garden nny time during the autumn. If the piot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the jyiMS seed during that month; the Burfioe must be thoroughly pulverised »Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 lis; Festuca teuaifolia, 41 bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; L'oa lN'emoralis and Sempervirens 41ba of each. Thin mixture will uffiee for half au acre, and trill form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answer?, most so.la. Special mixta ..ee for laying down may plso bo flad from any seeds mad. Bc,too of our ::ative poas and otlior grasses wo lid answer admirably lor lawn purposya. It the ground is of a retentive uatjre, sowing the seeds should ue deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as <»ooii ttb iljo machine will act. Some jre.ei iLt) scathe (or ihe hiat time j! outing. Roil pieviciis to mowiig; 'Iws ill save the k.uivi!£ ot the mo»vjr. _ IAIi'Or.VUING CAIi'LE. EIC. Aii Li evpa&siug cattle :uay be >w iKiund id. by the wcupiei of the laud •■I *h;ck tlioy are trej>l>as,'jiiig; bui. id '•he case- ol uuiunced land, the ocoa i-.ei is aot entitled to ciaim any damexcept tees fjr driving, or 'c giving nutictf of the detention ji sueii caltlu, ao provided in Ihe Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ,i\ ACRE. Parley, 2* to S| bushels; beams, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1| bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pigs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lba; clover, !,„ 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, 2J. bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushels, luoeirne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, whjte, 1 pkt; mangold wurtsel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grata of drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2} Vs» bels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., apring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliam incarnatum, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip gtab'ol*. 4 lb*; wheat. a to 2} oashels.

Alexandria 8 88 a.m. AuistordiiiJ) ... 0 50 i w. Berlin 1 23 i m. B«iu« - 1 0 » "*• IJijuiLa} ,r ' 21 a Uvston . • ••• 7 Hi p m. [3rir.diii 1 -1:1 a <u. Brifibnno 10 80 n m. Brussels 8 S4 « tn.