ELECTRICITY.

Waipa Post, Volume VI, Issue 274, 19 December 1913, Page 3

ELECTRICITY.

TO THE EDITOR. Slß,—There are still, a few electrical accessories, although not quite so important as those dealt with in my last letter, in daily use to which J might draw attention. The electric radiator is daily supplanting coal and gas fires, and in many homes in the cities the grate is seldom used, as one radiator will serve every room in the house, either by means of independent connection plugs or one central plug and a coil of flexible cable. These heaters consume from 500 to 2000 watts according to their size, and cost from to 6d per hour to operate. Electric toasters cost from id to 3d per hour, coffee

machines from id to 3d per hour, milk warmers %d to id per hour, potato steamers 2d to 3d per hour, foot warmers from Kd to 2d per hour, bed warmers %d to id per hour, grills from to 3d per hour, immersion heaters from id to 2d per hour, and hot pads from Id to 3d. per hour. Electric fans, portable or stationary, for walls or ceilings, are certainly indispensible for the hot weather, and consume from 40 to 100 watts and cost from l-5d to id per hour to operate. Electric motors are made in all sizes and powers from one suitable for driving a sewing machine to those as used i in shops and factories, and are' so simple in operation that any novice can use them. There is not a single article in use requiring light, heat, or power, which cannot be obtained and operated by electrical energy. The day of the poll is now rapidly approaching, and the question is electricity in all its forms and conveniences or no modern light. The latter means the predominence of the oil lamp and the candle, the consumers of our life giving oxygen and the continuance thereof is certainly a retrograde step. Those who are satisfied tOgo on, or should I say backwards, in the old way should look further afield than their own doorposts. Let them place themselves in the positions of settlers who are reviewing the advantages and conveniences of the varous townships of Waikato. according to their size. They will, then, certainly be attracted to the townships offering the most modern facilities, and what we want here is more settlers, which mean more prosperity, and as the result of such a progressive policy the residents and ratepayers of such a fertile district will certainly benefit and they themselves will ultimately wake up and instal a modern lighting and heating plant.—l am, etc., J. M. Spear.