A NEW FUEL.
« MADE FROM PAPYRUS AND REEDS. By Telcirapli—Press Association—Copyrieht Khartum, April 20. A factory for tho preparation of "sudd" fuel has been opened. This is regarded as an immense step in the economic development of the Sudan. "The Times" Berlin correspondent recently stated that experiments have taken place in Germany in connection with the manufacture of a new fuel out of the papyrus and other reeds which cover a large uvea, estimated at .15,000 square miles, on tho upper reaches of tho White Nile, end obstruct navigation. It is proposed to dry and 'disintegrate' these reeds, which are . generally known as 'Sudd,' reducing them to a powder, which will be, compressed into the form of briquettes. An Anglo-German syndicate has been formed to promote the manufacture. The promoters claim that the Sudd fuel can bo put on the market at a price 35 to 40 per cent, cheaper than that of coa*, which"is tho fuel at present used on (he Nile steamers and in the locomotives on Ihe railways. ——- =» i
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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172A NEW FUEL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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