Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1895. COGITATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1710, 30 January 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1895. COGITATIONS.

' THU Above oil—to thine own sell bo trno, &nd it must follow u the night the day Thou const not then bo fofee to any man.' Shakespeakb.

“ He that palleth a thing into his mind whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considered ; and he that employed the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.” —Lohd Bacon. The quostion of cream percentages has been revived, says the Herald, by Mr ' John Murphy, of TamCream ahere. He sent a Percentages sample of milk to Mr •' Pondforanalysis, which yielded 4*47 per cent, of butter fat, while the same milk from which it was. taken gave at the factory only ( 3-4 pe r , cent, of butter fat. This is a large discrepancy, and one that opens up a wide field of discontent. The manner of taking the sample, in the presence of two witnesses, pursued by Mr Murphy was as follows He boiled the sample bofctlo and cork for ten minutes to ensure cleanliness. A strip of paper the exact height of the'bottle minus the neck, was - carefully divided into twelve equal divisions to represent the twelve milkings of .the week,; this was firmly pasted" on to the' outside of the bottle; ten grains of ground bichromate of potash were put into the bottle, and tho arrangements were complete. The first sample was taken on the evening of the 16th December. I As soon as tho cows were milked (it j took an hour and twenty minutes to j milk), the whole of the milk was • thoroughly mixed, and while it was in motion a small vessel was dipper! in : and the sample taken, the first division in the bottle being filled with this withI out delay. The samo rule was fol--1 lowed morning and evening during the week, until the bottle was filled on the - morning of the.22nd, and sent to Mr Ponrl, in Auckland, with the result stated, 4.47 per ceut. of butter fat, while the test.of the bulk of: the milk, as made at the factory for the' same week was only 3-4 per cent. - Mr Murphy maintained that the same plan pursued by twelve milk suppliers of an analysis of their milk' for two con- I

sicutivb weeks will prove the fact whether t is discrepancy is gener 1 and whether the Babcock tester as:,usedat the factories is to be depended upon.

For tho present the opening of the Rotorua railway appears to threaten ■To Aroha with extinction as a tourist . and health resort. There Te Aroiia is no reason, however,, to y. - despair,. if wo look at Rotorua., thinks calmly and determine to; make the best of our advantages and to reduce, our disadvantages to a minimum. Now that, for the first time, it is only natural there should be a rush to see her unrivalled wonders, even her Maoris, with all their exit rtion, are an attraction.. Rotorua, too, is very fairly equipped as a sanatorium, while To Aroha is uttei-ly unorganised as such. In the first two respects we cannot expect to vie with her, in the third we may, however, fairly hope for a respectable second place. Our baths are of a different order and suited to the cure of different diseases from those .in Rotoi'ua, their medicinal properties should bo exhaustively analysed and extensively advertised. We are, or ought to be, some two hours, nearer Auckland, and four hours gain in a day excursion, or even in. a trip from Saturday to Monday, is by no means to be despised. Living -ought to be far cheaper, as we have ; n agricultural and pastoral country in tho immediate neighbourhood, , which ought to supply, our wants much more largely than at present, and we have the advantage of cheap water communication with Auckland to supplement our deficiencies, while for a long time to come Rotorua will have to import everything .long distances by rail. I The- goldfields. of the Thames, Ohinemuri, even of Coromandel (may we hope of Te Aroha and Waiorongomai also ?) will give us a more profitable constituency than thecasualglohe-trotter dr Cook’s lambs catered for at so much a head, while calculated to attract tourists, who being thus brought to our doors iu tlie’search for gold, will surely leave us at least some small church change. If we then diligontly developo the sanatory, sanitary, and recroative resources of tho place we need not despair. -