PART SIX - SAFETY
The role that vintage electric mowers played in Australia has been largely forgotten.
I think there are a number of complex reasons for that and I hope to write something on
that topic at some point in time...

Having said that, safety was an issue for electric mowers in the 1950s.
A few widely-reported electrocutions (particularly of children) did not help the cause.

I was surprised to find one advertisement by Platypus, advertising a �Tueri Adaptor�.
But while the headline said, �A Completely Safe Lawnmower� the smaller print revealed that this was
an accessory � an extra � at a significant cost. That ad. is reproduced below:-

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Last edited by CyberJack; 01/03/17 08:34 PM.