The Archive · 1928

Why Not in Shanghai?

All over New Zealand water for all sorts of purposes even baths is heated to boiling point by electricty. Cent is cheaper here than in Shanghai and yet people claim that it la cheaper to make all the boiling water by electricity than in any other way. There can be no question as to the convenience and cleanliness of the process. One Power supply company told me they charge £7 per annum for all water used electrically in an ordinary house.

Again and again it has occurred to me to ask why fs it that our development. When I return to Shanghai, that will be a question I shall propound to the electri authorities,

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