PULVERISED COAL.

Grey River Argus, 15 July 1922, Page 7

PULVERISED COAL.

WELLINGTON, July 12. It was suggested recently by the Hon. G. M. Thomson that in view of the great economy likely to be gained by the uso of pulverised coal on the railwavs the Government, should set apart one of the shorter railway lines for an exhaustive trial of the system, Replying in the Legislative Council Sir William Fraser said the Railway Department had already been experimenting with pulverised coal, and had also kept closely in touch with other railway systems where experiments had been made. It was, however, considered undesirable to incur the large expenditure which would be involved in converting locomotives, providing the necessary machinery for pulverising fuel ami building stores in which to keep fuel dry until experiments in this country : nd elsewhere had established beyond question that pulverised coal could be used for everyday purposes as effectively as ordinary fuel. Meanwhile experiments elsewhere were being closely watched.