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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1916, Page 4

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FOR READ'S: REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of MemoiranduiL of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, eto., attached, Ba. Appraisement ot Valuation whore the amount does not exceed £20, la.; .x-----c.'otid £20, does not exceed £50, 2b 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £%)0 and does not exceed £s*lo IX exceeds £500 20s. Award, same aa Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; ex-c-uds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds and not exceeding £30 Is, every 10a. Kills ot' Exchange. Oon demand 3d; ot! orwise than on demand, if running sickly, for any amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, la.; if drawn in a set, such Stun upon each bill of i the sot asfto irake Op the same duty as it a single i. ill w*re drawn for the amount. ,Am tare as water qaench«s ire, su irill "NAZOL" afford relief from keavv troublesome to igiw, sore throat? tod Islrsnaa. Tot it. a

Promissory Notes.—Payment on domaud 2d. Payable otherwise than ou demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, la.; every addition*l £oi) or part of £50, la. Duplicate or counterpart of any u> strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to So, tho same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3a. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of parouium : Where rent does not exceed £50 8r for every additional £50 or part of £50 Bs. Fo<r any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon vny 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 «rect 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 Tender them Biiitnble for the same purpcoo the letting to be in the' hands of the Council.

ion ia made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purehase-money hy instalments. THE RULES OF THE itOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox qsite ; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, If yoa torn to the riyit yoa go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different o&ie; To the right it is right won should ■teer, On the left should bs left eaongb of elear space For the people who wish to walk there. THE FENCING ACT. HREOTION OF FENOKB. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ftfficient fonce within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between suoh lands, although tuch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far as praotisaMe, mwtinaoa? throughout its length.