COGITATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1789, 23 November 1895, Page 2

COGITATIONS.

“ He that calleth a thins; into his mind whether hv inutresriou or recordation; cofitat, h and consideretli; and he than the faculty of his lohoy «l*o cogitate h.” -v, , . —Loud Bacon. We are pleased tb 1 earn that there is every prospect of the Company off t’ing j ■- to start the sugar- j Sugar Beet beet industry : in the ■ Industry Wakato getting the required guarantee, of 2,500 acres. The quosti m has been taken up right heartily in the Wafkato. and it only remains .for our district to contribute its quote* and the desired amount will be. forthcoming, when the arrangements will -immediatel? bo mado to commence operations in time for next soason. Something has been said about the difficulty of carting the roots to the railway, that on that account many’would be unable to grow the beet. . The finest latid in this district is along the banks of our beautiful fiver Waihpu, north aud south we have a. good watery wav oyer which, the produce could be carried to the station at small cost in barges towed by a little steamer. If .the settlers of Wairakau, Shaftesbury, Waiorohgo mai and the Gordon would combine and obtain -their own punts, there is no doubt but ~ that the : Government would connect the river and railway with a siding to the river bank by which means the roots could be loaded out of the barge" into tho railways trucks, . thus minimising the cost of-handling. We hope that some energetic spirit will move in the direction indicated. . Work in our goldfields proceeds merrily, altho ugh the Auckland sharemarket is much Our Goldfield, quieter than form : *■ ' . , j-"* - erly. It is but Natural that on the eve of the Christmas holidays there should be a dullness in scrip. Two out of every three men we meet are holders of shares, and it would be strange if there was no general inclination on the part of these to part. There must -be a general; desire to convert scrip into - current coin, else h6w shall w© get the needful for a holiday ? Whilst nearly everybody Is selling out wo shall fiud the market dull. It will be after the holiday season, say in January next, before tho mining market. will get into life again. # * # #

Sugar-beet or cream, which ? For our own part we prefer both. It appears to us that with the impetus given to this district by More Luxuries the revival in gold- / mining, which is sure to be a permanent thing, wo should never lot an opportunity slip .in picking up any other valuable thing. The Waihato has seen its poorest days and we will become surfeited by and 'bye if .we are. wise» with not only the precious metaljin abundance, but with such luxuries as sugar and cream. The possession of Such, luxuries is' within reach. We shall be fools if we don’t take everything; put into, our hands. Lot our farmers combine and form a. syndicate to see the sugar-beet question settled. There is as much inohey in- growing beet-i*oot as in milking the cow. ' But do not separate the two. Prosperity is j ust now in the air and it will come round this way so soon as we are unanimous to receive it.