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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 November 1915, Page 4

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POlt READY REFERENCE. : HINTS TO TRAVELLERS J . IN OPEN COUNTItY. if unknown ground is to he travorsed and a long day's journey lies before you, be careful to uiako an early start in the morning, ascertain loading directions before starting, and be certain to understand them thoroughly, as tiuio thus spent is not lost on a long day's journey. Should you lose your way, and "know of any habitation within reach, a mile or two is . not lost ' n making enquiries there regarding vour road. Never travel without matches, Never take a short cut over swampy or unknown ground. Always follow sheep or cattle tracks in the direction for which you are making. J If overtaken by fog, should you know , a point guide yourself by it, and embrace every chance of a clearance of ' the flying mist, liowever slight,, to discern a known object to guide your path. Should you miss track, return at once without fail U the point at which you lost it, and make a fresh start on the right track. If compelled to camp out overnight, choose a sheltered spot before darkness sets in, giving yourself sufficient time to complete all possible, arrangements for personal comfort under such untoward circumstances in the way of gathering lire material, grass tor bed, which place in- rear of a flax bush. If raining, tie the ends of the flax to tussocks around,' so as to from a gentle awning to cover the body and throw the rain off. This, with tussocks to fill up the gaps in the flax covering, will make not such uncomfortable quarters for the night as many suppose. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR AOOIDENTS. Employers are made responsible for accident to workmen under certain conditions. Limit of liability where death results, £50, but nothing in Act to affoct employers' ordinary civil liability. Where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury, compensation to be a weekly payment not less than £1 a week, and total liability ol employer not to exceed £500. An employer not to bo liable in respect ol an injury which ia proved to be directly attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the worked, STAMP DUTIES. Agreement ol Memorandum of Agreement, Is; with letters, etc., attached, 2s (id. Appraisement oi Valuation whore the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s Od, exceed £50, doc** not exceed £100, us; exceed £100, 15s; exceed £500, 20s. j Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exj coeds £1000, 355. liills of Exchange.—Un demand, id.; otherwise than ou demand, i! running singly, for any amount not exceeding !-S(J, is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a sot, such sum upon each bill oi the set as to malte up the same duly as n a single Lull noie drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale : .tor every £50 or part oi £50 of tJio amount of the consideration lor sale 7s (id. ; Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person lor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under ''The Property Assessment Act, i 1885," or any Act amending the same at the date when such instrument takes effect, 7s lid. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demaud, Id. Payable otherwise than on ■ demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (id,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, 16. Duplicate or counterpart of any lii- ; strument chargeable with duty, wherts suck duty does not amount to 2s bd., the same duties aa the original instrument; in any othea- case, 2s Od. Land Transfers.—Ueiiorally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Foreclosure order, 10s. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £o0 2s Od,; for every additional £50 or part of £50, 2s 6d. Por any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100 by way of equality , i 0,3 UNCLAIMED MONEYS Every company (including hanks, lira insurance offices, and firms acting as agents or private bankers for individuals or companies) must yearly register all unclaimed moneys in the colony in an account which has not been opor ated on for six or more years.; such register to be open lor inspection u: payment of a fee; register to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette annually; notice to be seut to fast known address of person in whose name money stands; and money not claimed within two years of sucih notice is to be paid over to the Colonial Tceas • urer. ONION CULTUREAilsa Craig, if of a good strain, in, the best of the large sorts—a ehape'y, cUan-looking hulb, and keeps lon?*r than the Roccas. .Brown Globe, Gulden Globe, James's Keeping, and brow n Spanish are all excellent late koepers None of the white-skinned va-iaties are worth growing, except for- pickling. Piekling-onions are obtained by sowing