HISTORIC RIVERHEAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 9

HISTORIC RIVERHEAD.

Sir, —Your readers .should thank "Fair Play" for the information he supplies in his letter appearing on Saturday under the above heading. I think, however, that ho distresses himself unnecessarily. My article did not pretend to' give a history of Riverhead. Whit itjiiid do—among other things— was to< -.tell . th« story (as told to me on the spot by a very old resident) of the one-arnnid baker, John Lamb, who planted the trew which are such a feature of Riverhead; and nieo the story, of those quaint.. old-wiirld- .cottages standing there among othei-s of ths modern type. The. article did net. quote any particular person es being this, pioneer settler, or founder of the township; neither was it intended to go s.q : for, BAB N^cijs.

ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS, i Sir, —I notice that objection is being raised to the institution of the-' clock switch to control the supply of flat rate current to electric water heaters. Electric water heating by flat rate ctirroiit is essentially a system depending on' the storage of hot water in bulk, t-o ba toold against an intermittent demand. In ' & -correctly installed heating sevice, In which the hot water storage capiicity has been correctly proportioned to the siso of the' dwelling, and fitted with li quick recovery cylinder, which has b< en i carefully insulated to check radiation, tire switching off of tho current for'two 1 or three hours at tea time woultl new make itself apparent. H. M. Kissing.