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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1916, Page 4

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FOU- READ! REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memtxranduo. of Agreement, 1b 3d with letters, etc., attached, • Ba. ' Appraisement ok Valuation where the amount doea not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceod £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, excoed £100, and does not exceed £2")0 10s, £?y0 and does not exceed £600 10.-, eiceeda £500 20b. Award, same an Valuations, except excscda £500 but not £1000, 20b; exceeds £I**oo, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £26 6<i, exceeds £25j and not exceeding £60 Is, every 10a. Bills ox Exchange. Oon demand 21; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part «f £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such nmm upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty as if a single till were drawn for the amount. ,A* *ure as wat«r qaench«« Ixe, su (fill "KAZOL" afford relief from keary ooids, troublesome eoughs, sore throats %nd inin«na*. Vaat it. 1

Promissory Notes.—Payment on domaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceecing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £60, Is.; every additional or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any >n strument chargeable with duty, where aucL duty does not amount to te, tho same duties as the original instritmen t; in any other case 3s. Lease, or Agreement to Loose, without any consideration by way of prexiiuin; Where rent does not exceed AJoO 8r for every additional £50 or part of £50 Ba. 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 everj succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. WOBBLERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to ei*6ct far ths occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any building! suitable for workers' dwellings, or ma} acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for th< same purpose, the letting to be in th< hands of ths Council.

ion ii made for tha repayment of advances and tii# payment of advances i and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. > THE RULES OF THE itOAD. The Rule of the Road is a para-iox quite; > For in driving your carriage along, i If you bear to the left you ere <ure to go right, If you turn to the ri#rht yon go wrong. But in walking the streets *ti« a <iifJ ferent cose; t To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On the left should be left «noagh of I- clear space Q Foi the people vho wish to walk th«re. >1 THE FENCING ACT. y fiREOTION OF FENCES. A fence of BDy of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ptfficient fence within the meaning of fche Fencing Act (5.7). y The occupiere of adjoining lands not : t divided by a sufficient fence are liable d to join in <v contribute in equal proI® portions to the erection of a fence De■y tween suah lands, although such fe'ice r " may not extend along the wliole bounie dary line. But no occupier is liabio 16 to contribute to any fence which i« not, m far u praotiaabl*, throughout' its length.