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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 July 1916, Page 4

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FOit HEAL'i S*J£FERENCE. DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, la oil ivitii letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oi Valuation where the dory not exceed £20, Is.; -x CC''(l not exceed £30, 6d, £100. and does not exceed ii' 210 10s, £-Jdi) and dues noc exceed JL r S'TO 10.-i, K.a'tTils £5iX) 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except eicoedn i_'sOo hut not £1000, 20s; exceeds iIOOO, 85s. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £?-5, and not exceeding £50 la, every 10s. Bills ot 7.''xc:hangp. Oon demand 8d ; othorwiio than on demand, if running Biu&b', lor ily amount not exceeding £60, Is; evory additional £50 or part of £»!>, la. ; if drawn in a set, such earn upon each bdl of the sot as to rrake up the wirne duty as ll a singlo till wore drawn tor the amount. ,As» mro as wat«r quenches fire, *iil "WAZOIi" afford relief from keary ocktrt, troublesome fo igiis. sore threats vcu in i T««t it.

Promissory Notes. --Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, la.; every additional £5- n or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in struinent chargeable with duty, where sucL duty does not amount to the same duties as the original instrar ment; in any other case 3s. Lesfie, or Agreemont to Lease, f?ithoat any consideration by way of presjiurr- : Where rent doe« not exceed £oi> 3:: for every additional £50 or part of £20 Bs. 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 deecendant or omcentor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Boron gh Councils are empowered bv ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resident in boTonsjhs any buildinzs suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the name purpose, the letting to he in the hands of the Council.

ior. is made lor the repayment of ad'varices and tiiu payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money ''y instalments. Tlili RULES OF THE ±tOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paraiox ijuite; hot in driving your carriage along, 11 you bear to the left you fcre iim> lo go right, li yoa turn to the you wrong. But in walking Lie streets 'tis a di! ierout ouse; Tu the it ia wou On ilie left ,>'.hoi;ld bo ielt enough vi clear apace F<u the people *fco wish to waLthere. " THE FENCING ACT EItEOTrON OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Hchedule is a - sufficient fence within the meaning of 'if-. Forcing Act (5.7). The occupiers of ndjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liabla to j;ii.a in tv contribute in equal portiona to the erection of a fence wtwoo" such lands, although such fe'ic-.' may not extnnd along the whole boundary line. But no occupier id liable to contribute to any fence which it? not, as far aa praotisabl®, ccstinaoz throughout its ienirth.