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Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 49, 19 October 1870, Page 4

Lv different parts of the province public baths are beginning to he felt as necessary. In Dunedin the press and the public are bestirring themselves in the direction of a good bathing-plant. And if such a luxury i as a bath is needful anywhere, it is in I Cromwell. The summer dust is beginning to accumulate, and the summer winds will soon pack layers upon our houses, dresses, and persons; and we need, for our health and comfort, frequent ablutions to clear away the clogging matter that adheres to the skin, and interferes with its vigorous and free action. Our rivers are by no means proper places for bathing :' the banks are too steep—the current is too strong: he must be a bold swimmer to venture beyond his own depth iiito the swirls and eddies of either the Clutha or Kawarau. And perhaps few towns are so conveniently provided for in this re- | spect as Cromwell. We have now (thanks , to our new Council) an abundant supply | of water running freely, and at an altitude j that would supply a bath-room somewhere near the Augus office for all purposes of healthful bathing. Mr Taylor has a tank, holding 400 gallons, on a' level with the nice on the terrace, and supplied with pipes to his premises, winch no doubt he would place at the service of such a public convenience if requested to do so. A room could be constructed at a small cost, with all needful appliances added. If twenty persons taking an interest in such a thing could be induced to take shares of .£3 each, it could be done at once. We suggest this matter to those who study their health and earthly happiness. Cleanliness is said to be next to godliness, aval we believe godliness to be the cleanest thing on the earth, but it will not long adhere to dirt anywhere. There is no way of being clean and fitted for such high companionship to be compared with bathing Bathing, as one of the conditions of strength and vigor and high efficiency of the human frame, cannot, ought not to be neglected.