Page 10 Advertisements Column 3

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2902, 14 October 1916, Page 10

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY LIFE, How many 'city folks have said: "I would love to live in. the country if it were not for.-Hie night, or if 1 could take my city, conveniences nrith me." Nowadays, however, many country homes are as up to date in'most respects as any in the city, and New Zealand farmers are each year taking moro and more pride iii making home life attractive. ' -Tho want of a good artificial light has until recently 'been' the outstanding drawback, smoky 'kerosene lamps, pr an unreliable and .dangerous lighting plant, were until recently the only appliances obt'uinablo by the' farmer cr country resident .of moderate ,Menu's, as .even a small'electric light installation runs into hundreds of pounds, and costs a great deal in upkeep and repairs. Keeping the' young folks on the farm is a problem that has. only developed since' electricity and incandescent gas have made the city so alluring, and the contrast between liis own home with its dull kerosene lamp and the bright and cheerful appearance of that of his city cousins has been the means of unconsciously creating a feeling of discontent in the mind of many a country lad, and, sooner or later, he answers the call of' the "Bright Lights." Two years ago, a lighting system for country homes, stores, etc.j was introduced in New Zealand that completely dues away with this drawback, and by the outlay of a few pounds a farmer can now have his home fitted with an, incandescent gas-lighting plant that supplies a light superior to coal gas or electric light, and at much less running cost than either. This invention, known as the "Wizard" Gns-lighlj-, ing System, has already been installed in nearly two thousand homes in the.Dominion, and after a severo test the New Zealand Government is' installing it in all new country post'offices, wireless stations, etc., while the . report received from' the military authorities proves that they also have found it satisfactory in. every way. "Wizard" Lamps are patented, and therefore, cannot be copied. The plant is constructed on what is known as ths "Hollow-wire" System. That is, a small brass tube'or hollow.wire carries the benzine or petrol from which the Kris is generated from a small reservoir outside' the house to .the lamps in the different rooms. When Hie. bensino reaches ths lamps it enters a small whore it is turned into vapour, mixed with air, in tho proportion of about D 7 per cent, air and ■ 3 per cent, vapour, and burns in an inverted mantle. The immediate success of the "Wizard" Lighting System resulted, in the usual crop of imitations, but the vital purls of "Wizard" Lamus are patented, and cannot be imitated, iin'd it R the wily lamp that has a cleaning needle, can be lit with a singlo match, and is absolutely fly and moth-proSf, so that the mantles cannot bo broken by these pests. These features are indispensable to an efficient Hollow-wire Lighting System, and it will nay interested people to «;rite to Jlossrs. Early Bros., tho New Zealand agents, for particulars of the "Wizard" Plant before 'being persuaded by-a clever'salesman that some othor plant is "just as'good." Write to Early Bros;, 59 Cuba Street, Wellington, for full.particulars.—(Pub? I lished by arrangement.)