COAL GAS
A FUEL FOR MOTORING. NEW ENGINE DOES AWAY WITH ; PETROL. British members of. Parliament'«.re shortly to be shown new tyes of motor car engines driven by high-compres-sion. coal gas which, it is claimed, operate as efficiently as engine driven by either oil or petrol. Evolved at the National Gas and Oil Engine Company’s works at Ashton-under-Lyne, England, it is believed that the new engines may well revolutionise , the fuel aspect in the event of war, when supplies of imported fuel may be precarious, is realised in Government circles, where a keen interest in the new engine is being shown. A scheme for rationing petrol in war time was announced recently. Aready the United Kinkdom Gas Corporation is investigating the possibility of setting up gas-filling stations in various parts of the country. These will refuel gas-driven lorries and gas-driven motor vehicles from cylinders containing compressed gas or from gas compressors on precisely the same principle as that used in putting air into tyres. The whole operation occupies only a few seconds.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1939, Page 8
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