GAS INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1934, Page 4

GAS INDUSTRY.

HOLDING ITS OWN. VALUE OF RESEARCH WORK. In his address at the tenth annual conference of the Gas Institute of New Zealand, the president, .Mr. W. B. O'Xoole, 6aid: — "Gas is holding its own, and will do so so long as the service, is maintained at its present high standard. In this connection the industry o-.ves. an immense debt of gratitude to those responsible for. scientific research in connection with the application of gas in its thousand and one uses for industrial and domestic purposes. Stove manufacturers have taken full. advantage of the work of our laboratories and technicians, with the result that great strides have been made in the design, construction and finish of ga9 appliances for all purposes. This obtains more particularly perhaps in the case of appliances for the home. For attractiveness of appearance, utility and efficiency, gas apparatus of to-day more than holds its own with that of our competitors. Any reference to the advancement of the industry would, I think, be incomplete without a word of appreciation of the invaluable aid of the technical journals, such as the 'Gas World,' 'Gas Journal,' and that wonderful institution the British Commercial Gas Association. In conclusion I venture the opinion that now the depression is liftinn the outlook for the gas industry is brighter than ever. Opr success, however, will, as in the past, be limited by the service we give."