MERE AUTOMATON
THE MODERN WOMEN INVENTIONS REMOVE WORK (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received October 11, 2 p.m.) LONDON', October 10. A host of new devices at the annual Inventions' exhibition appears to he making the housewives’ lot much easier. Sir Herbert - Morgan, at the opening, said he feared that womankind would eventually lose their natural skill and become mere automatons. Novelties include a wire attachment on a kettle lid which turns off tho gas when the kettle boils, a, device which seals pie crust and prevents juice escaping, an over-sharp brond-knilo which makes no crumbs, and a teapot on the thermos principle. A folding telescope umbrella, which is able to he accommodated in a lady's handbag, and a telephone attachment which, it is claimed, in the event of a subscriber's absence, records the calling number and records a message, are other ieatures.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 8
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