TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3024, 10 March 1917, Page 10

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE

A COMPARISON. . , How many city folks have said: "I would lovo to live in the country if it 'I wore not for the night, or if 1 could take my city conveniences with me. Nowadays, however, many country homes are as up to date in most respects as any in the city, and New Zealand farmers are each year taking more and more prido in making home life attractive. The want of a good artificial light has until recontly been the outstanding drawback, smoky kerosene lamps, or an unreliable and dangerous acetylene lighting plant, were until recently tho only appliances obtainable by the farmer or country Resident of moderate means,'as even a small electric light installation runs into hundreds of pounds, and costs a groat dcal.in upkeep and repairs. Keeping tho yoiing folk on tub farm is a problem that has only developed since electricity and incandescent gas have made city bo alluring/ and the contrast between his own homo with its dull kerosene lamp and the bright and cheerful appearance of that of his city cousins has been tho means of unconsciously creating a feeling of discontent in the mind of many a country lad, and, sooner or later, lie answers the call of the "Bright Lights." Two years ago, a- lighting system for country", homes, stores, etc., was introduced in New Zealand that completely does away with this drawback, and by the outlay of a few pounds a farmer can now have his homo fitted with an incandescerit gas-lighting plant that supplies a light superior to coal gas or electric light, and at much less running coat than either. This invention, known as the "Wizard ,,, Gaslighting System, has already been installed in nearly two thousand homes in tho Dominion,, and after a severe test the New Zealand Government is 'installing it in all new' country post offices, wireless stations, etc., while tho report received from the military authorities proves that they also have found it satisfactory in every way. "Wizard" Lamps aro patented, and therefore caunot be copied. The plant is constructed' on what is known as the "Hollow-wire" System. That is, a small brass tube or hollow wire carries tho Benzine or petrol from which the gas is generated from u email reservoir outside the house to the lamps in the different rooms. When the benzine reaches the lamps it enters a email generator, where it is turned into vapour, mixed with air, in the proportion of about 97 per cent, air and 3 per cent, vapoiic, and burns in an inverted mautlo. The immediate success of tlio "Wizurd" Lighting System resulted in the usual crop of invitations, but tho vital parts of "Wizard" lamps are patented, and canaot V imitated, and it is the only lamp that has a cleaning needle, can ha lit with a singlo match, and is absolutely fly and moth-proof. bo that tho mantles ss-nnot he broken by these nests. These features aro indispensable to an efficient Hollow-wire Lighting System, and it will pay interested people to write to Messrs. Early Bros., the'New'Zealand agents, for particulars of the "Wizard" Plant before being persuaded by a clever salesman that some other plant is "just as good." Write to Early Bros., 59 Cuba Street, Wellington, far full particulars.—(Published by arrang6mont.)