Hills? The World Is Its Hoister

Rotary clothes dryers aside, this company has a lot going for it, writes David Potts.

Cars, Holidays . . . Now Renters Call The Shots

Washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers and even the chance to win cars and holidays are being offered as inducements by Melbourne property managers to attract tenants to the inner-city market.

Dry Eyes

TRENDY people these days don't have clothes lines. That old icon of the backyard, the Hills hoist, has been banished in favour of energy-consuming clothes dryers. While there is nothing you need more on a rainy day than a good clothes dryer, we still need to do our bit for the ecology and a quick

Dryer Warning

FIREFIGHTERS warned people to clean their clothes dryers after a fire severely damaged a Cessnock hair salon. The fire happened on Saturday at 12.45pm at Tangles Hairdressers in Vincent St, when towels in a dryer caught alight. Firefighters had to wear breathing apparatus. `The heat burst t

All A Bit Of A Dryer Argument

JAMES Packer and Theo Onisforou don't fancy paying for clothes dryers in their Tram 52 residential development in Darlinghurst, which has apartments costing up to $570,000. All councils usually demand that developers whip up a Hills Hoist. Otherwise they have to fork out for dryers in every unit.

Idle Clothes Dryer Sparks Major Fire

A Bellambi homeowner who suspects spontaneous combustion in her idle clothes dryer sparked a major fire has warned others to use the appliances carefully. Dianne Downes said she nearly died of fright when she returned to her Bond St house on Tuesday afternoon to find smoke billowing from th

Getting It On Tape

THE tape recorder is a marvellous instrument, they say - the stump-jump plough of journalism. It merely serves to give me grief. Some of us live our lives relatively untroubled by machinery breakdown. Cars, dishwashers, clothes dryers, they all just run for some of us or, if they fail, it is a smoot

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Brooks Stevens, 83, industrial designer. BROOKS STEVENS was the pioneering industrial designer whose works ranged from corporate logos to clothes dryers. He was a founder of the industrial design business in the 1930s, along with men like Raymond Loewy, who designed the Coca-Cola logo, and John

The Rough And Tumble Of Drying Clothes

WINTER electricity bills can be unpleasant surprises for many householders. And this year, the bill could be significantly higher because of the big wet. Grey, wet days can affect your energy consumption in ways which at first might not be apparent. Clothes dryers and heaters a