TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15751, 18 November 1916, Page 4

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE.

How manv city folks have said "I would love to live in the country if it were not for the nights, or if I could take my .city conveniences with mo. Nowadays, "however, many country hollies are as up-to-date in most respects as any in the city, and New Zealand farmers are each year taking more and more pride in making home life attractive. _ The want of a good artificial light has until recently been the outstanding drawback, smoky kerosene lamps, or an unreliable and dangerous lighting plant, wore until recently the only appliances obtainable by the farmer, or country resident of moderate means, as even a small olcctric light installation runs into hundreds of' pounds, and costs a great <lcal in upkeep and repairs. Keeping tho young folk on the farm is a problem that has only developed since electricity and incandescent gas have made the city so alluring. Two years ago. a. lighting system for countrv homes, stores, etc., was introduced in New Zealand that completely does awny with this drawback, and by the outlay of a few pounds a farmer can now have his home fitted with art incandescent gas-lighting plant that supplies <i light superior to coal gas or electric light, and at much less running cost than either. This invention, known as the "Wizard Gas-light-ing System" has already been installed two thousand homes in the Dominion, and alter a severe test the New Zealand Government is installing it in all new country post offices, wireless stations, etc., while the report received from tho military authorities proves that they also have found it satisfactory in every way. "Wizard" lamps are patented, and therefore cannot be copied. The plant is constructed on. what is known as the "hollowwire" system. The benzine or petrol from which the gas is generated is turned into vapour mixed with air, in the proportion of about 97 per cent, air and 3 per cent, vapour, and burns in an inverted mantle. The "Wizard" is the only lamp that has a cleaning needle, can be lit witli a single match, and is absolutely fly and moth proof, so that the mantles cannot be broken by these posts. , It will pay interested people to write to the agents for particulars of the "Wizard" plant before being persuaded by a clever salesman that some other plant is ".just as good." Write to Messrs Cuddon and Jameson, 213 Manchester street, for full particulars. 6442-8459