Grown, and Still Growing

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 46, 30 May 1930, Page 32

Grown, and Still Growing

Still More Electric Homes ADDRESSING the British Electrical Development "Association in London recently, thé Minister of Transport. stated that the output of electricity in Great Britain had grown from 8600 million units in 1922 to 7600 million units in 1928, and is still increasing rapidly. The United States claim that 68 per cent. of the population are living in electrified homes; that 500,000 farms are electrified and that three-quarters of all power in industry is eléctrically supplied. Here in New Zealand electricity is available to 93 ver cent. of homes, and is increasingly employed. Great Britain still lags behind and needs a universal and scientific push by all the supply undertakings and a wholé-hearted cam~" paign on a national scale. It is estimated that only 18 per cent. of British houses are wired. that not one in fifty of these is completely electrified, and that the present output represents only some 15 per cent. of the possible home field. For British consumption to reach a level corresponding to that of the United States, the annual output should be 30,000 million units. There is every reason to believe, however, that the 1929 output reached 8500 millions, a substantial increase, and it is gratifying to note that in spite of the general depression electricity is one of the bright spots in British industry. As the possibilites of development are unlimited, a substantial and continued progress is anticipated.