EXTRAVAGANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 65, 30 August 1884, Page 7

EXTR AV A GANCE.

Far be it from us to seek to limit unduly the pleasures of the public ; but of eiMier p.-ople are not t>o ba.m off as the cry of stagnation would imply, or they are improperly indulging in luxurious expen:ituie which punishes t.ieir butchers, bakers and grocers. In fie matter of races alone, it is not satisfactory to find tliat nearly e\eiy little township mus-t have its racecourse, its jocky cluh. and its ever recurring race meeting, spring, summer, and autumn ; with tueir bettings, their bookmakers, their total issitors, and thfir sweeps ; an.i the inducement to idleness dissatisfaction, and extravagance which these everrecurring gatherings nil over the colony almost continually offer, to say n i hing of the spirit of gambling which i-= thus fostered in old and young. Undoubtedly we are luxurious ; and the i (diligence in such luxury even in times of plenty is a social error, and in times of commercial depression and alleged want of work and money is worse than an error. People must learn to cut their coat according to their cloth ; they must save their money and limit t'jeir luxuries. These' very sensible and shrewd remark are made by the " Post" and it is to be hoped that they will bear good fruit.