Legislative Councillor Resigned.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6095, 16 June 1892, Page 2

Legislative Councillor Resigned.

Wellington, to-day. —The Hon. Rand;il Johnson, who has been absent from the colony the last two years, has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council.

The Electric Review (American) say : — " Heating by electricity seems to be making considerable headway toward a more popular use, notwithstanding it is more expensive than any of the older form*. It is combating the same objection that the electric light met with in its early days, hut unquestionably it is a much mere desirable method for most uses, and will surely grow in favor. It is somewhat of •a luxury at present, but as the cost of the electric current is reduced, and each year has seen an improvement in that direction, due to the use of more economical machinery and methods, it will soon reach a point of economy where its more general adoption for general purposes will be feasible." An American exchange, in referring to the above s«ys : — '' This important problem is claiming the attuntion of electricians. The smoke nuisance in the larger cities has caused a demand for other inorttis of supplying heat than by the use of .coal. Pittsburg has changed from on© of the most undesirable places in which to live or transact business into one of the most delightful by the change from coal to '4«s. The dense clouds of smoke which luing over Cincinnati, shuting out the sun nid m»kiiig the air unfit to breathe, would be removed to a great extent by the use <if electricity for heating, and other cities would be equally benefited."