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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1169, 27 July 1894, Page 35

The Rev J. Taylor delivered a lecture in the Exchange Hall on Monday night, on tho subject of “Mining and Minerals: the Hope of New Zealand.” Mr E. M. Smith, M.11.R., presided. There was only a small attendance. Mr Taylor, who was a teacher and lecturer in England under the Government Department of Science and Art, sj>oke at some length on the mines of New Zealand, contending that the supply of gold has as yet been scarcely touched, and expressing the opinion that great results would follow the use of improved appliances in deep-level mining. He also maintained that the supply of iron to be obtained from Taranaki and Parapara is sufficient to render New Zealand practically independent of outside supplies, and that tho quality of the mineral is equal to the best that can be obtained from North. Staffordshire. The chairman also addressed the meeting, and the statement that iron could be manufactured in. ' New Zealand as cheaply as the imported article having been challenged, Mr Smith offered to give £5 to any charitable institution if he could not prove his case. The lecture was listened to with marked attention throughout, and at its close Mr Taylor was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. There is virtue in the fragrant onion. A boiled onion taken an hour before going to bed will usually relieve any but the worst eases of insomnia. The heart of a hot onion placed in the ear will relieve an earache, while eating raw onions will generally check a cold in the head.