ELECTRICITY IN BRITAIN
(British Officia! Wireless.V
EUGBY, August 21. There are now well over 7,000,000 domestic consumers of electricity in Britain, according to a survey published by journals dealing with electrical trading. .This represents a great increase and the survey reveals the wide range of domestic use to which electricity is now put, including cookers water heaters and w.ash-boilers. More than 20 per cent of domestic consumers receive electricity supply on a two-part tariff system,' which means the^current is being used for a purpose additional to lighting.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 186, 24 August 1937, Page 8
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