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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 17 Putting Safety Into GAS APPLIANCES Safety is stressed in manufacture, servicing Convenience, cleanliness LY ODAY we seldom hear of accidents in the home or in industry caused by natural gas explosions. Figures pro- duced by the Ontario Fire Marshal last year showed that gas caused far less fires than any other fuel, Gas was 'thirteenth on the list of acci- dent causes, "Natural gas accidents are negligible," states W, H, Dal- ton, managing director of the Canadian Gas Association, "They are all the result of | human error, a factor which cannot be removed or dis- counted when we are dealing with energy, no matter which, form it is in." : Mr, Dalton's organization, among other duties, puts a seal of approval on all gas 'appliances sold. The blue seal licate of the appliance in the store has passed extensive tests jn the non-profit labora- tories of the association eat' 'Toronto. The laboratories are main- tained by the gas industry to give stringent and exhaus- tive tests to all types of gas' appliances, to check on their substantial construction, their safe operation, their depen- dability and their satisfactory performance. They are unique in that these labora- tories are the only such test- ing shops operated by an in- dustry for its customers. In the offices of the Cana- dian Gas Association the metal plates used on all gas appliances approved for sale in Ontario are displayed near the reception desk. Each me- j featuring a gas flame, a map tal plate carries the name of #0 of Canada and the name of the manufacturer and the the Canadian Gas Associa- technical data about the tion, shows that an exact dup-' equipment. attract the housewives Ask about the BANK OF MONTREAL Family Finance Plan W BANK | The modern approach to your TO 2 NILLION CANADIANS Personal Credit Needs is with a low-cost B of M Life-insured Loan WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817 --------------