ELECTRICITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15445, 7 September 1914, Page 4

ELECTRICITY.

OX THE farm: Mr Peter Brummond. sent"., one of Ashburton's oldest and most successful farmers, is just now (says the "Guardian") carry,ng . out an :inport..ni: work at Corwar. Mr Diummond was one of the first to ut.lise tlis Ckiunty water races for e.ci-tnc lighting and power purposes, and for years lie lias been us ng the pcw.r for ohalfcutting. oateru-hing. and for Ins sbcap-shear ng ma'li nery. He is now about to shift the shearing shed, w.i-h a.'l ,1 he plant, to move convenient. jpot. and with th sob.i cL in view he is laying down concrete ppes to a length < f ti.n chains, and putting in a turbine ::n 1 dynamo. The pipes, which are olt. H diameter, were made on Mr Dnuiimond's cwn p'aee. and the work is bong done under lvs supervision. The water £or the turlv-ir. i s jo betaken from one of the County w;,ter races, its power used for the t;ir U-e, and it is afterwards to be returned to the l ace. without any waste whatever. AMien the scheme, is eomple'e. Mr Drumnioiid will have cnoiurh electrical |i'iwer to dr ve the sbeeii.«ii;:i- ; ng maeli'ius. cat enisling anil eh-df-;-utting and n'so tor I'ghi i'a the iiotise and any of the outbuildings he may v.i>h to l>e supplied with electric i .uhi.