ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 8

ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME.

To the Editor. Dear Sir, —An interesting paragraph in Saturday’s “Star” referring to Mr J. R. Templin’s recent visit to the United States said: “He is an enthusiast regarding the uses of electricity in lightening the burdens of housewives, and ne will never rest content until in New Zealand, as in America, the bulk of the hard work of housekeeping is done with the aid of electricity.” This is a praiseworthy ambition, and to help Mr Templin attain it I would like to give him a tip—free. The best way to extend the use of electricity in the home is to set about getting the prices of various electrical equipment reduced. To hundreds of households the charges made for electric stoves, irons, lamps, kettles, radiators, etc., are quite beyond their purse. One explanation made is that the duty imposed by the New Zealand Government is particularly high. If this is true, then I suggest that some publicspirited man, an enthusiast regarding u , U i e °J ele ctricity in the home, should throw himself energetically into a campaign aiming at the lowering of those duties. He would be surprised at the whole-hearted support certain to greet such a movement —I am, etc., CITIZEN.