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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1916, Page 4

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« FOU ItEADV REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement or Meixiorandunu of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3a* Appraisement ot Valuation where the a !iou:it doe.s not exceed £20, Is.; . x ce.'d £'-iO, does not. exceed £50, 2s "ad, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £i>ilo and does not eiceed £500 15-t, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except excoedti £500 but not £1000, 20s, exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n'e. not exceeding £23 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 la, every 10s. Billu (■£' 'ilsoUantce. Oon demand 21: otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for tmy amount not exceeding £60, Ik: every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such bdjb upon each bill <>S the set as to irake no the «:!ine duty as it a single hill were drawn tor the amount. . rni !■ »• - j nnre as water qrtenclies ire, B" *'< '"NAZOL." afford relief from J»ear: ookis, troublesome eo.igha, Bore throat «nd inl-onsa. - T«rt it.

Promissory Notes. —Payment on dema ikl 2d. Payable (otherwise than oi; demand: For every sum not exceet • iug £25, tid,; exceeding £25 and t escseding, £50, Is. i every additional £,'.. A or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in struinent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to thsi same duties as the original instrarment; in any other case 3e. Lease, or Agreement, to Lease, without any consideration by way of proa)iuJTi: Where rent does not exceed £60 8n for every additional £50 or part of £50 3a. For any instrument affecting a parti• tion of lands upon n.nv consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession tiy lineal deocerdant or incest/or. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for th« occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildines suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or other- ' wise, and render them suitable for * lul S same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

ion is made for tlie repayment of advance* and payment of advances and Uie payment oi purchase-money •"■y iiiptaluianta. THE RULES OF THE ti/OAD '1 he ttule of the Road is a parado, quite; for in driving your carriage Along, it you bear to the left you ere y«f» to right, ii \ou turn to the riyht you wrong. But in walking tiio fctioets 'tis a rtifieieut CliSO; iu tiic right it is rixht won ehojU i-Lder, v/ii iiii' left yitouki bt! left enough of eit.'ar ap-aoo Foi the p«>plo wish to walk • bore. THE FF.NOfNG ACT AnEO'tlON OF FENCES. A fence of any of tbo kinds mentioned in tlio Second Schedule is a ficient fxithin the meaning of "-Ufi !>'eneing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not ilividod by a sufficient fence are liable to join in <:>/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence mtween such lands. although such may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liat<:-.> to contribute to any fence which i* not, as far u practicable, cowiino-JB J through.>ut its length.