Linking-up

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 37, 28 March 1930, Page 22

Linking-up

Electricity Popular HE Hutt Valley Power Board ‘alone, we hear, has during the past month only, connected 90 new consumers, and the thought that instantly springs to our mind is: "What use are those 90 new consumers, taking them alone as an example, about to make of the power of which they have availed themselves?" Will they be content with lighting facilities alone, and those of the most meagre description, or do they realise the potentialities of their new servant.? That they will enjoy the benefits of electric light alone goes without saying, but we sincerely hope that their advisers have laid before them the potentialities of electricity in the home. There was an old saying that "two can live cheaper than one." True, the little words, IN PROPORTION, were left out, but the principle still applies to consumers of electricity that the more used the cheaper it becomes. To every consumer we would point out how inexpensive electric power is after the first installation, and the consumption of the first essential units. A few more units at a reduced rate will do much in accomplishing the most irksome daily tasks, It can provide the power to do cheaply, expeditiously and neatly the most dreaded of household work, the weekly wash; it will heat the rooms hygienically, without smoke or dirt, providing the necessary heat for autumn evenings when, although a fire is not really necessary, some heat is appreciated; it will give hot water at any time at a minimum of expense; and it will cook food for so little trouble and expense that the trouble will be transformed into a pleasure and the expense will be un-noticed. In fact, without a complete installation, one does not realise the advantages of the power he has installed.