TAKE CARE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 431, 25 December 1889, Page 8

TAKE CARE.

Take cnre o" Hie pennies. For, kno\\\ t .ey are serd", No matter lmw lew there may be, If prud jntly planted. - ; • In tim i they will grow, To a thiifvy ami valuable tree. Take care of the minutes, The jewels of tune, Life's sweet opportunities given ; The safer we keep th> i", The brighter tlicj Ml shine— Oh* wAste not Jno day of tlie aev6n. Tal ecaro, as yon jomney, Al- rg the highway, Good care of your stsen^th ami your health Without them inlvain i Aie the beauties of earth 111 1 vain all the blessings of wealth. Take care of your honour, Your name and your fame, Deal justly with men as you go, . . And reach out your hand To the poor and the sad,* Who suffer so mucfi hero below. Take Cf.re of your footstep.^ And which way they tend; Pre^s steadily on to the gnal ; 1 ake care you live riprht, And ever strive fo» the best, Entrust God with the care of your soul.

"Writing of the famous Mount Morgan gold mine, or rather mountain of gold, n correspondent of tin Aiibtjalmn paper says : "The yield of gold for the first three months of this tear fiom aM the Victorian mines Was 138,105 oz.; fiom the Queensland mines for the half year 359,581 ozs., and of this Mount Morgan, roughly estimated, contributed 226,000 oz. " Thus llmint Morgan alone pioduced during the three months within 25,000 ezs. of the gold mine < in Victoria, and within 67,000 ozs Of tho Qu ensland mme 4 *. >The .debt of New Zealand is often "liurled .it her as a reproach. It is undoubtedly considerable, the net amount tit *h<s present time being £36,979,661. But Y ctoiia is not far behind. Lijgtyoar the "Victorian debt amounted no £34,627,382, ■\vlri"h will be <nci eased by the latest acciet'wn to nearly £30,000,000",- and if n^xt project is cmned out will nniteriallv exceed £40,000,000. Ceitaiuly Wori.i cannot well lecture to New Zealand on the ■public debt question. Then the dobt of Jjew South Wales last } ear had lenched £43,996,000. Thatis another Colony which sCannot ccnsi-tentl}' point the finger of JSuoyn nt New Zealtiud in regard to excessive bon owing. Evon Queensland u ith a giopulatio:i of little more than half that of I'cw Zealand, had a debt Jd^-t 3*e.ir of .£25,820,85J), being mu<-h greater in proportion tLafhthat of this Colony.