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Evening Star, Issue 22913, 22 March 1938, Page 3

SLATE ROOFING. EVEN SLATE ROOFS REQUIRE OVERHAUL, But Good Tradesmen are Scarce. For First-class Service E. TELEPHONE 10-591. G. F. MATTHEW Slate Merchant and Roofing Contractor, 35a Bond street, Dunedin, C.l. S,

If You Want the BEST TILED FIREPLACES Go to BRISCOE’S Crawford Street Opp. HU Majesty’* Theatre. NEW SEASON’S m WALLPAPERS A Wonderful Selection . SEE THEM AT R. & E. TINGE Y & Co., LIMITED, 472 MORAY PLACE.

■ SERVING30,000 MEALS A DAY— -at EARL'S COURT. LONDON The Earl's Court Exhibition and Entertainment Centre in London is easily the largest building of. its kind, in the world. It caters constantly to an enormous flow of visitors from every part of the globe. The colossal task of ministering to the inner needs of the 15,000 people who often visit Earl’s Court in the course of a day frequently involves the preparation and serving of 30,000 meals. In this famous building covering nine acres there are four restaurants (with a seating capacity of 4000), 5 tea lounges, and 25 snack bars. There are also 3 conference halls (seating over 3000), convertible on special occasions into banqueting halls, plus staff dining rooms and cafeteria. GAS-COOKED, EXCLUSIVELY GAS-eqaipped Kitchens A Staff of 900 people are required to provide this immense number of meals. The appliances are housed in seven principal gasequipped kitchens (one of the two largest with a floor space of 17,500 square feet). The gas-fired equipment in this kitchen includes a huge 1 0-oven central range: 5 boiling pans, each of 40-gallon capacity: *'■ •f-mi faS ■* m GAS equipment for kitchen hot water cas-cqulppod kitchens capable of serving op to 30,000 meals a Uay. 7 pressure steamers; 2 grills; a fish-frying range; a double stockpot stove; a double-compt. roasting oven, and a huge carving table and hot loset - ™m servery is in keeping: likewise the bakery and pastry kitchens and the pantry. In such an immense building instant supplies of hot water at an enormous number of taps at once was a problem beyond the economic capacity of a central system. So gas provides instant and independent supplies of boiling water wherever needed, from the single sink heaters to the numerous 350-gallons-per-hour units at convenient points. ...... The fuel used in this, the world's most up-to-date exhib.hon and entertainment centre, for cooking and the enormous .up ply of hot water required » gaa exclusively. G chosen for its speed, its efficiency, its certainty, its economy, and its ease of use. great CooMng by GAS is modern to the minute. It is pleasant, speedy, clean, certain in results, and most economical The lovely new streamlined porcelain enamelled Gas Cookers are inexpensive to install, are a delight to look upon, and satisfying to cook with. See them at the GAS Dept. Showrooms Water Heating and Room Warming by Gas is more efficient, speedy, and cheaper than ever before. Ask our showroom assistants to demonstrate! CITY GAS DEPARTMENT Town Hall and Anderson’s Bay Road