RE COAL TRADE COMMITTEE.
TO Jilt, KDII'OH. Sir,—ln paragraph 4of the article undeT the above heading householders are warned to be careful not to waste the dross, etc. to.Lio time ago I experimented in making bricquettes from the dust of Kaitangata coal. I took an ordinary brick iii.>.i.d, measured the quantity of dust it held, and made a. composition of 3 dust to 1 cement, damped it sufficiently, pressed into the mould, and in 36 hours had a coal dust brick as a Lacking to the fire. A very fair brick can be made from 4 dust 1 cement. A home-made brick, usual siza, would probably cost one halfpenny.—l am, etc., " Koroihb. July 4.
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Evening Star, Issue 16777, 4 July 1918, Page 3
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114RE COAL TRADE COMMITTEE. Evening Star, Issue 16777, 4 July 1918, Page 3
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