ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12663, 29 November 1906, Page 10

ASHBURTON.

Two preipmalis for lighting the district uvro rec-eived at tiu* meeting ol the Haiupestcad Town hoard on Tm<s '■- evening. One lva.s from .Mr It. P. """ Manning, ot •Christchurc.ii, -who wroto in respect to the system of lighting known as tho Umpire ligbt (Kitson'M patent), the light being pr-'-duocd by burning vaporisjd petroleum and air in an inetndet-cent mantle. No mains wer mpiiiiel, each jiost being a stpjrae lightitig_ factor. Mr .Manning, in a lengthy communication, e.tid that tli. l light was the cheapest iv ti:o market, and was eniine'ntly f-uitablli* both far , indoor anel ontckor lighting. It was to write feor further information n.<- to tho light, and to .i.sk if nn exhibition could bo given. In regard to a deputation ''mm tho Hoard ."TI r ('ruddock, electrical engineer, of \ Chrustehirrch. who conducts el a trial o; , electric lighting in Ashburton, wrote , that the cost of erecting livo lamps would Ik* £U)0 for lamp* and maiiies, and the ccist. of supplying them with current about 2s per hour for the five. It wm; ncognis.-cl that the Hoard | could not igo in for electric light on its own account, and tho letter was merely received. ( 1