CASUAL CONVERSATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1930, Page 3

CASUAL CONVERSATIONS

Yes, I quite agree, gas coppers do make all the- difference to washing day. This retort was made by a housewife who knows.

You sec, she continued, having a gas copper takes away all the old drudgery of a. wood or coal fire. There is no wood to chop, and no fire to light and tend to while it burns up, and it has to be kept burning too. Also there is no messy cleaning up after. The process is so simple with a gas heated copper; Just fill it with water, and turn on the gas, and go about your other duties. By the time a. cup of tea is enjoyed, the gas has done its duty and the clothes are on the boil. Y’ou see the convenience, don’t

you. Then there is the economy, and no waste fuel. As soon as the water is boiling, turn down the gas, and the water keeps hot. No further bother about fuel. What a saving. And so much less labour also. You’ll find the clothes are whiter with the extra heat possible. And the clothes last longer. Clothes to be really clean and white must he boiled—hard boiled —and .gas makes it so* easy. Other fuel to give the same result often costs more than twice* as much as the gas. Hence the wisdom of using a gas copper. Tf you’ve, not installed one see about it at once. They are obtainable at Shannon’s or the Gas Works.