Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895. COGITATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1718, 27 February 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895. COGITATIONS.

' ThiaaboVeall—to thins own ed! bo isroo t Ind it must follow as tho night the day Thou canat not then bo false to any man.* Stl AKK3PSAKB.

“ He that calleth a'thing into his mind whether-by'impression or recordation; cogitateth and considereth and he that einployeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateih.” ' : —Lord Bacon 1 . There is an old adage which says that “blood is thicker than water,” and this saying has never been brought out so truly as in the fol-

Coeontai. Youth

lowing brave act, which we notipe recorded in the last issue of the Review ,of

Reviews “ The Humane Society’s silver medal has .been granted to Hereward Hewison, a youth: of seventeen, who, in the most gallant fashion, rescued his elder brother, Horace, age twenty, from the actual teeth of a shark in Newcastle harbour. The shark seized 'the , elder youth by the arm while bathing in the surf, and then followed a desppra.te struggle betwixt the fish and -the lad. The younger brother dashed into the waves, dived beneath his.. brother,'; who, had been dragged by the sea tiger underneath the'surface, and clung to him : until the-arm was bitten completely off, and, I 'with mutilated stump, the unfortunate victim struggled to the shore. When the younger He\yison was praised by the spectators for his pluck, his reply was, “ Well, you know, it was my brother ; what else could Ido ?” The fraternal affection, however, which makes a lad of seventeen rush into' the surf to engage, in combat with a shark, on behalf of an elder brother, is of a. rare and'fine quality, and deserves generous recognition. Both youths, it is clear, possess coolness and courage in an unusual degree.”

For a long time past the subject of testing the low levels and otherwise furthering the mining interests has been freely discussed. A correspondent to the Thames Star writes as fol-

Thames Mixing

lows : - “ I think you s will agree with me that it is quite time

some action was taken in formulating some tangible scheme for the actual development of our goldfield. We have been talking over the matter far too long already, hence the present state of things. We want something more practical than talk. It is not as if we had no material to operate on. I with others, men who have the interest of the v,hole district at heart, and who are practical mining men, believe that were a strong company formed for the purpose of thoroughly and systematically working

the Una and Murphy’? Hill, including the Lone Hand, Ade.aidej Pride of Karaka, Dives, Occidental, Magnolia, and the North Star, there would be in a comparatively short time employment for all those who are so anxious to get it,. The Facilities for working the ground are not to he surpassed. Pour hundred feet, at least, of hacks could bo obtained, without cost of machinery andfreefrom water charges,, from say the Lone Hand adit level, or from the Success level. The cost of exit of ore from kero to Bull’s battery Would be very small. In faot, the mill may, I understand, be secured for a comparatively, low sum. I will only add that such reefs as the Prida .of ICaraka, Adelaide, Duke 3, and many other gold producers traversing tne above-named olaims, are eiiough to warrant sucoess to any good energetic company, could such bo formed.”