CARBIDE INDUSTRY
SCOTTISH PROPOSAL DEFEATED
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
RUGBY, March 11
The second reading in the House of Commons of the Caledonian Power Bill, which sought to empower an industrial company to establish ..a factory in the Highlands of Scotland to manufacture calcium carbide with hydraulic power was refused by 188 votes to 140. The decision was left to the free vote of the House, and among those voting with the minority were three Cabinet Ministers. •
For the Opposition it was claimed that carbide could be generated as cheaply from coal as from water, and it was suggested that all the ingredients required in making carbide were to be found, elsewhere, for example in South Wales.
The Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr. Walter Elliot, in supporting the bill, said that there could be no division of -opinion about the advantage of establishing the industry. If the House decided not to proceed with the bill the problem remained, and the Government would take up the question forthwith how this country could best be provided with a supply of carbide, and whence the supply should be obtained. It might well be that in such circumstances a Highland site would be chosen.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1937, Page 7
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