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Useful References

FOR TRAVTCT.T.URB AND TAY AT-HOME PEOPLE.

Steamers leave WellSnjston for Cbristchnrch practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trams from Levin connect with them There are frequent trips to port? further south'. such ns DiineAm and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellrneton for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who finds that dnv inconvenient m«v to Sydney from Auckland, whence n fltenmer Wee every Mondny nfter bavin? vovaged up from WeilingtoTi via Napier nnd Gishorne. Tbo inward steamers from Svdney to Wellinsrton go on to sonthe™ ports and from The Bluff tlhev steam np to Meibonrn'e <ind latter op to Rvdnpv. As a Tupflns of enabling the sender nf a. lptter addrpsspd to a plncp nhrnnd to nrppnv the postage on « rpplv. tho T)ppar+mPTit issues wplv coupons on pavment of a fee of Id. These coupons mav be exchaTiffpd for (i postage stamp of the valnp of 2sd in any country which adopts th« scheme. Npw Zealand's population, including that of the Cook Isknd* nnd other ripppndencipfl, is nnw wpl ovpr onn million. Tn Tuno-. 1308. tho population nf London was 4.79?!.757 Thp rat pnhip vnlue of propprtv it , ■Rnirland fl-nd Wales tins risen pnch venr since 1874. Thp fiffnres arc ns follows:— Tn 1874. £11S.fi4fl.flfll. Tn 1888. £14fi.R27.f144. Tn IRP4 f1R1.139.K7R. Tn inOB. £212. 7R7, 450. ThWotal ratpflhle vninp in 1874 rpp-rpsp-rvts an avpranrp of £4 17s f?d n<^ hp.id of population, while in 100 P +hp avpmTP was £fi ppr hpad. Ppoplp. aro pnzzlpd to know whnf is meant bv occasional references, in discussions on naval armamßTi+.t. to the Naval Lnw. Tbp Oprman Nnvr Law of 1907 proviVTps for thp laving, down in each vpnr from 1908 to 1911 of threp hnMieships and one armonrpn , crnispr: also in enob from 1019 +n 1917 "F ono Tint+losTun fltr , oiip nrrrinnwi ; ni'O in Pfid l vpnr from 1908 to 1917 of two protoo+pd crui«!pr« nnd onp oWtrnvpr.

Now 7p.«lnnd's public dnbt »+ 3ic4 \Tnroh. 1010. nnionntfvd to £70.05«XM +iip inor"<i<:p for fh« twoW mrm+hs irnmprlifl+oW prpiWvrxr bnvinrr hopti JM.da.-l R37. Of this flrnnnnt P 1.900 OHO wns rnis"d war nf public works. #1.0*8.800 rnidpr thA Advnnrfi to SMtlpra nnd Worlrnrq Ar>f\ nnrt Onn 000 +V Wpllino-roTi and Mnnnwntii Rniiwav PnvoWo Act. MZn 000 ttts rflier.rl nnrW Frrli<^ 4cif. f9II.MR under the Lnnd for Pn+fl nmnrrfc Act.

Ornof, 'Pri+'i'n's KqKnnnl TVTvr ATI 11 e+ Wnrch. TOM ptnnri o+ -P7K4 T>l- - «? fWrcnsp of fX.IM 74" V,,- +TlO fi 7 nrn<: *"' +ilif> vonr imrnp«T|in+plv prpopVMne. Aor-iinst fM' TTPrp epf. down aSSP+* +ot.nllin(r £37 ifiO.OOO. }Hp principal i+om Tipinqr +Tip ps+imntpd mnrVp-t v«litr of thp R'ipz Oanal sharps ownpd hv Orr-nt. Bn'tnin f£S2.nOO.nnf>V AGE OF T7OT?«3TT,C! 4q PTTWWN BY TTTFTR TKrTI'H. A foail of sit fine iMT crincfers in pnoh iaw. tnr"<»e on wioh sk?« : nlso bi'y m'ppprs of front toetTi. witii n oavi+y in pflfh. At the uto of oppi year, he To.w +Vi» first milV oTinf!pr9 nTiovp nn'' bpTriTf. frnnt toct'h hflve their r-nvitips filTprT nn nliko to teeth of horses of eierht yprfirs of age. At n(?p of twn flnd n Tinlf +0 three yenrs. he rnste his two frnnt nnners. nno* in a short time nfter t,ho Wo next. At nee of four venrs. erinrfers nre si\ nnnii nnd at flhnnt four nnd m-lmlf his nippers are fill pormiTiPTit nnofl, bv thp rpnianncr of rpmaininer two corner teptii: t-nsnps tripn nppenr, nnd he is no longer a colt Aft Pve a hnrsp has tnsheß. and tlipro ]p « Mj»oV_f./vloiiro<l rarity in PPti+rp of ill T»i<s lower nipnorn. At ,«n\ f""<« oavitv is ohHtpr«*'n'l in thp twn front lowpr nippers. Af , " fip pflTifips of thp nprt tn*o nm filler? np nnd +'n.eTips Mnntorl; nr'T p.t piVbt thp Pinviti'ps of tho tro rnrnpr fppfb are filled up. TTor.ca mflv now he snid to be ao-pd. in nippors of upper inw to not obliterntpd until the hor'p i<3 inTinnt' tpn ronrs old. which tushes hopomp f»n<7 nipppr? project aTid change their surface. TO ASOTJHTATV TTTK OF OATTTiT!!. Talcp thp. niensurement of the mrth whfro it is .smalipst, Mosp bp--I'ind the shonidpr) and tbp-lenrrtb of thp nnimni frow thp front of thp shonldpr to tbfl junction nf the •Nil. AfnHiplv tbbp fsnnnre of tho <»irtb in fppt and inohos hv tho lpno+h in fppt. nnd multiply thp prorWt, bv !23. .24. .2fi. .28. or .30. n poor din <? to th'p. fatness of thp animal, and the rPsuTt will give thp wpiVht in imperial atnnos. For inp+nnop. if th" < i "' - +^ , nf "v '1 rnodpratp ''ond'itioin be 6ft. the Rftr 4in. thon R t 6—SR x Kl-S_l.c)2 x .24—47.08 stones. The foreeoine ia tbo carr-ase weieM of %he animfli. The weight of the carcase would be about fof the liVe weight for cattle: for sheep, from 1-3 to f; and for a pig, rVom } to I the live weight.

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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1910, Page 1

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Useful References Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1910, Page 1

Useful References Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1910, Page 1