WORLD'S CHEAPEST GAS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9161, 7 August 1908, Page 4

WORLD'S CHEAPEST GAS.

Widnes (England) claims to supply the cheapest ga3 in the world. The town council has just decided to reduce the net price to ordinary consumers to Is 2d per 1,000 cubic feet, to consumers of over 3,000,000 cubic feet per annum to Is per 1,000, and to all users of gas for motive power purpoaus to lOd per 1,000. Users of gas under the slot meter prepayment system will be Allowed 50 cubic feet for a penny, including the free use of all internal pipes and fittings, meter, and boiling burner. It is stated that these prices constitute a world's record in the matter of prices charged for gas, and it is pointed out 4 that these reductions ax*e not made at i the expense of the illuminating power, the quality being maintained at aighteen-candle power. In addition to supplying gas at so low a price, the gas department contributes £2,000 a year to the relief of the borough rates. Without this contribution to the rates, the gas could be sold at ljd per 1,000 feet below present prices.