THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT WAIMATE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 11

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT W AIM ATE.

The electric lyht ha? been introduced at Waimate by Messrs Niol and Scott, aid when the installation was started on the 23rd ult., at their flourmill, some hundreds of persons visited and inspected the mill and plant. The mill (sajs the Waimate Times) was in full operation, turning out a flour that has made a name for itaelf as the Emprtss roller flour, used by nearly every household in the town and district, as well as in the many places of the colony into which it has found its way. The dynamo is set on a concrete foundation on, the ground floor, encased in a glass covering to preeerve it from the dust of the mill. There are 14 lights, the first on entering being that in the office, suspended over the desk. The next is near the centre of the passageway, between the stacks of grain "sacks that rise from 6oor to ceiling. Proceeding further, to where the grain is shot in, ample light is provided from a number of electric burners, to allow of all work being carried on with the greatest facility. Ascending to the second flat, where the whole grain taken up from below comes out as the best dressed flour, an excellent light is likewise furnished by the new illuminant. The engine hou3e, where the powerful engine which drives the whole of the machinery was working with the greatest smoothness and regularity, was also lighted ' with an electric light. This means of lighting must be a great boon to the firm in the busy season, when the mill has to be kept running every night to meet the demands made upon it. Bleßsn Nicol and Scott are to be congratulated as being the first to introduce the electric light into the district, and they deserve that_ success which should follow their enterprise. - - *

Mr H. S. Valantine was entertained at a banquet and presented with a parse of sovereigns on the eve of hia departure from Riversdala.