Nov. 2, 190S.] Agricultmml Gazette of iWS.W. 



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mentioned that it has been recommended to substitute this kind of power 

 at the works of the Hay Irrigation Trust. The small Ruston suction gas 

 power plant illustrated in these pages is from a block supplied by Messrs. 

 Gibson, Battle, k Co., Sydney ; also the small oil engine with dynamo, which 

 is capable of supplying eighty-two electric lights of 16-candle ])Ower each, and 

 of being used as a 2-h.p. motor. The Mather-Platt electrical pumping plant 

 for the Menangle Water Works, an 

 interesting account of which 

 appeared in the columns of the 

 A'ngineer, was supplied by this fii'ni. 

 There is one phase of electricity 

 as applied to agrarian life in this 

 country, which has undoubtedly 

 caught on with thefarmerand grazier 

 — that is, the introduction of the 

 telephone. One firm alone — thnt of 

 Anthony Hordern and Sons — do a 

 bu.-iness iii farm and s'ation tele- 

 phones and material to the extent of fully =£3,000 a year, with an increasing 

 tendency. They have supplied extensive material for Brookong, Widgiewa, 

 Cannonbar, Urangaline, Tarco^la, Coonong, Carrathool, Wilga Downs, Uardry, 

 Grnongal, Nangus, Cronga Peak, and other la'ge sfat'ons in the int'-rior, some 

 of which have over twenty telephones connected ; and a large number of 

 smaller stations and farms have been supplied. 



"Mather & Plitt " High-Lift Pump and Motor. 



From block kindly lent by Messrs. Gibson, 

 Battle, & Co., Sydney. 



Oil Engine with Dynamo ; for 82 electric lights, 16 c.p. each. 

 From block kindly lent l)y Messrs. Gibson, Battle, & Co., Sydney. 



