Oama.ru is considering proposals to substitute gas I>y elect ricky. A Borough Councillor has brought forward a scheme for replacing gas by electricity for lighting the town. The proposal is to utißsc the excess water supply. The cost, is estimated at £iO.OOO. and tho price at which the electricity can T>e sold is I under the most favourable conditions) about 45 per cent, less than gas. Too proposal has been remitted to a committee of the council to obtain expert advice. Masterton is experiencing a revival after the recent shitnp from which if suffered. There is a keen demand fnr residences containing from six to right roonic. It i? slated that ii" they wpri» available a scorn or more rpnemenf= o<" this description would be snapped up at ; tho present moment. Wolfe's Sclmapp3 13 suiEablo aiiie lor men, and ■women, and is in every senaa beneficial.—(Ad.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 148, 21 June 1912, Page 3
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