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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreoaii'Lit, 1b 3d witii letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement 01 Valuation where the amount doe.s not exceed £20, Is.; . v ct't d £-0, does not exceed £50, 26 6d, exceed £100, and dooa not exceed £210 10s, 0 and does not exceed £500 16-), exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 hut not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not sxcoeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills ox' Wxehangt:. Oon demand Sd ; otherwise i.han on demand, if running singly, for :my amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part of £'50, la.; if drawn in a set, such auon ij jxm mcli bill of the set as to make up the s.imo duty as it a single till ware drawn tor the amount. ,A." i'lro as water qaenchgs Ire, so irill ">.A/iOL" afford relief from kea,ry 00 lev., troublesome eongtis, sore throats wd Teat j\

Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable ctherwi.se than demand: For every sum not exceet ■ ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and c exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £5" or part of £50, le. Duplicate or counterpart of any >n struwent chargeable with duty, where sucL duty does not amount to ha, th.i same duties aa the original instramerit; in any other case 3s. Lease, or Agreement to L*ase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent doea not exceed £50 3:: for every additional £60 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon iny consideration oxceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to evary succession tiy lineal descendant or -:j----ci-stor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the 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 the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

iun is made for the repayment of advances and Ui« payment of advances and the payment oi purchase-money Ky met aline uteTHE RULES OF THE wOAD. Ti;e Rule of the Road is a paradox quite ; For in driving your carriage along, it you bear to the left you e.re aure to go right, If you turn to the ri>dit you %o wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; In the- right it is right wou shoald steer, On Jie left should be left enough of clear apace Foi the people »ho wish to walfr there. THE FENCING ACT. JCUEGTION OF FENCES. A fence of any o£ the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ;i;!ficient fence within the meaning of Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not liivided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence netween such lands, although such ft>'ir» may not extend along the whole boun dary lino. But no occupier is lia-'.ix to contribute to any fence which cot, ei far u practieafeto, ©ontinnoothrougb'jut its length.