OIL AND SHIPS
BACK-TO-COAL CAMPAIGN ffiY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. Feb. 17. 11 a.m.). LONDON. February 16. A conference has opened at the Board of Trade, to consider the move to save Britain’s oil supply, by reverting from oil to coal for certain classes of shipping. It was pointed out that 47 per cent, of the merchant ships depend on oil, including a large number of tramp ships. Tlie entire combatant Navy uses oil exclusively. The Royal Air Force and a great part of the Army depend on oil for mobility. The question of supply in case of emergency has therefore become of national importance. Any reduction in tlie demand for oil would ease the burden on Naval defence and release warships proportionately from convoy duty, and of course, benefit the coal trade. It is believed that all tramp vessels and much other shipping might advantageously revert to coal.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1937, Page 5
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