OIL FROM COAL.
POLICY OF THE ADMIRALTY. LONDON, March 19. In the House of Commons the Parliamentary Secretary for Mines (Mr E. Xhimvell), said that if suitable, oil wore produced from coal in sufficient quantities at a reasonable price, the Admiralty Avould certainly buy a supply-
A London cable message this week explained that the Admiralty had been offered a. bulk supply of coal-oil at a price not far above the Avorld price of natural oil. It Avas stated by Mr George Hall (Civil Lord to the Admiralty), at Pontypridd, that if the production of oil from British coal Avere. developed, the nation could divert a large proportion of its expenditure of £42,009,000 a year cm imported oil to the purchase of coal from its oavii collieries.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 135, 20 March 1931, Page 5
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