Burning question answered

Press, 16 August 1980, Page 1

Burning question answered

This gas street lamp; which has lighted the path for passers-by outside the,-,; Canterbury :■ Club in Cambridge Terrace for more than 100. years, will probably continue to shine ... ‘even 'when gas tothe rest - of Christchurch is cut off. The lamp, which is said by members of the club to be' the oldest working example in Christchurch and possibly New. Zealand, is likely to be' fired by liquefied petroleum gas. The chairman of the Christchurch j Gas Company/ Mr H. tW. Revell, said the company could keep the lamp going probably by putting a special pressure valve in'the chib .

grounds so ' that- life? lamp could be fed with L;P.G. The lamp .might have to have; a new mantle'.fitted, ■Formal discussions with the el lib. about th e. fate of the- lamp had nbt been' held. ? ’ > /■■/-. " The secretary of the club Mr J- H. Eathorne, said the lamp had already been there when the club had been built in 1872. It had not always worked but it had been shining since new pipes had been installed in 1984. The lamp will be able to shine on coal gas for a while yet: Mr Revell said the gas supply would not be cut off for “a year or two.” , ... .