THE HON. W. HALL-JONES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 October 1907, Page 4

THE HON. W. HALL-JONES.

A I.KTTKI; FUtIM ENiii.AXD. i, A member of the llou. \V. Hall-Jones' _■ ' •writing from London to a friend a ::i Unistchurch, says: '-We arrived here in San Jay, three days ago, after a very in trip from Teneriffe. The i 1' improved directly we put in an innce, and people are able to pay i, ij .ul sorts of pretty compliments on i'i • strength of the sunshine we brought iith us from New Zealand We tell i. them that we have plenty left behind in Hod's Own Country. This was to help spread the fame of our climate, which -• -I'.'TIIS to have obtained a splendid ad-vertj-eir.ont from the beautiful weather - which prevailed during the Exhibition. '1 Our patient is steadily improving, a-ul ; is now'a very different person from the poor wreck you helpe<l on the steamer at, '• I.yttelton. He has not, of course, recovered all his old strength and energy i- yet, and doesn't join us in any of oir king walking excursions about the Great 11 City, but beyond the fact that he tires n very easily, he is making better progress than any of us expected. He h:is not so far made any plans for the fu1, tuie, But says he means to take things easy, and travel as the spirit moves him. This is the best thing for him to do. We e are all rejoicing over ma restored health We are enjoying ourselves immensely, l " and are very grateful to have the worst anxiety taken o.f our minds. London | is a glorious place, but wo get very ; tnmeskk at times; then woul3r why all I millions of people stop : n England . h when they raig'it U' streteting their limbs and ideas in Xew Zealand, enjoy- i ' s ing the air and freedom of the beautiIV ful country from which they import their mutton and their sunshine." LirAIIUN uj: liii, GAHUi. iuU-iIELI l(r,Mhl)l£S JfOJi buLitii i'-illi-Sio. ' The homely out savory oniun h s !atc- i ly iKtuine very popular wuii students I ui hygiene. j a iiie oaion, of course, has long :i i ij the "laiuily doctor oi the vegeiiiule ! B world, just as tile apple is lue •■curt- | | ail' of the lruit kingdom, a L'niuippily the oui.iu has become tae I U butt oi low comedians, and, being by nature, a lowly, unassuming vegetable, & has come, somewhat unfairly, to be 9 despised. Vet the fact that it is a B sensitive and reviug.-ul plant U shown R by it, readiness to bring tears to tile | eyes of any who trifles with it. & The euiaueijialiiin oi the .jni.rn i 3 jiow jj at hand. Old-fashioned lemcdies, I which were formerly only udopt.-d in I homely country households, are now | recommended by fashion ible physicians. B The "onion cure' for colds and rheu--9 is last gaining ground in Jlayu in splendidly with the R simple life, which is now in vogue. K ".Nothing can be better for an inei- £ pient chill than good,, strong onion E . K, bedtime,*' a medical man H lately 1 don ?*P ress representative 1| 'I have several patients who find that / a raw onion induces sleep, though Xdo not recommend the eating of raw onions to everybody With some it stimulates the liver and undoubtedly benefits the digestion; with others, Specially very sensitive people, it has the opposite effect, but there can be no doubt that the onion has wonderful curative proiierties." Mr Jitchens, the manager of the Empire is an enthusiast on the sulijeet. "A friend of mine told me recently that many of the Boers who were killed or captured in the South African war, were found in possession of onions," he said. "Many old-fashioned country folk always slice up an onion and place it in a dish in a sick room. The onion is said to turn black after a time, the idea being that it acts as a natural disinfectant and absorbs malignant germs. '1 cannot answer for this, but I heard of a case in a country town where a house which contained ropes of onions was immune during an epidemic which ranged the place."