5 NOVEMBER 1943, Page 13

Stn,—I read with interest Lieut.-Col. C. Waley Cohen ' s article on

Cottagers' Light. Electricity is such a boon- that it should certainly be within the reach of all. So should the equipment. At present the cost of electric appliances is very high. (I am referring to peace-time prices.) Electric cooking stoves, for example, always cost considerably more than a gas- cooker of the same size, and refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, &c., are all very expensive to buy. The price of these things will have to come down considerably if the consumer is to benefit materially from using electricity, even at a cheap rate.—Yours faithfully, Oakcroft, Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate. MARGERY H. DAWSON.