TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17329, 18 November 1916, Page 7

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE

How many city folks, hare said, “ 1 would, love to lire in the country if it were not for tlie nights, 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 pride in making home life attractive. The want of good artificial light has until recently been the outstanding drawback, snioky kerosene lamps or an, unreliable and dangerous lighting plant, were until recently the only appliances obtainable the farmer, or country resident of moderate means, as even a small electric light installation runs into hundreds of pounds, and costs .a great deal in upkeep and repairs. Keeping the , 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 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 home fitted with an incandescent gas-light-ing plant that supplies a light superior to coal gas or electric light-, and at much loss - running cost than either. This invention* known as the Wizard ” Gas-Lighting System, has already been installed in nearly two thousand homes in the Dominion, and after a severe, test the Now Zealand Government is installing it in all new country Post Offices, Wireless Stations, etc., while the report received from the 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 ns the “ Hollow-wire ” 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- with a single match, and is absolutely fly and moth proof, so that tho mantles cannot be broken by these pests. 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 G'uddon and Jameson, 213, Manchester Street, for full particulars. I . i \7