"SWITCH OFF!"

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 5

"SWITCH OFF!"

; ; - '■■::-'-;.""v" l/ ' • . ; m'A CUR.RENT..TOPIC. One of the most advertised of domestic utensils in Wellington during the past year «*sois tho ;electric iron. Its «• ' treme: hondiness may be judged by the fact that, tho cord of. the iron raav bo attached to ...the wall or • central- hanging socket in connection with...the flighting ■apparatus, nnd<;withjhia,ifew"r moments the" iron: is hot enough • In some cases it. is too hot for .use. For instance; • tho proprietor of.at least, ouehotel in the , ■ city, /finding- - his ■ eleetrio.: lijht >' account .'- bigger'than l it should l .be,-caused inquiries to bormade; with the'result that the discovery was made that more than ono lady boarder'had supplied themselves with electric .irons, and .were, 'reducing .their' ■laundry accounts by using the lighting current for ironing '.-nurnoses -without troubling, to notify the foflico. How much : jiirrent may-be.used in this manner is ..'.' well;knowa to users of electric'irons, and rmtunilly a.wernirig bad-to b6 issued to : these clandestine usors of current. The \ one'that:is bound'to claim the attention of hotelkeepers,- nnd doubtless, if the practice:.is :Coritinued,i.each bedroom will/h&ve to bo supplied with a own.' .■',. ..:•..,;.-., ;,..-. ,