I am so excited to be able to use the word diaphanous. Do any of my readers swan around in diaphanous gowns? I am asking you ladies as well. The lady in the diaphanous clothing is switching on a light switch, which I expect allows electricity to flow to a light bulb.
Before our power supply was privatised, the marvellous government owned State Electricity Commission supplied our power. While it was a bloated and overstaffed institution, the power always flowed through well maintained wires, barring a disaster and even then, repairs were quick, in the suburbs, city or bush.
But there were a few suburbs that bought power from the SEC, and resold it to their residents. I am only guessing, but maybe they originally they produced their own power. I recall that the City of Box Hill and City of Coburg, or was it Brunswick, had their own power companies. The largest surely was City of Melbourne.
Again supposition, but was Melbourne Elec tric Supply Co. Lt. a private company? Never mind, you can get real admiration from me if you can tell me why there is the gap on the post card in Elect ric. A simple typesetting problem? Are you sure?