NITROGEN PRODUCTS.
WITHIN THE EMPIRE,
SUFFICIENT FOR OUlf NEEDS.
(Received 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 17,
The iinal report of the Nitrogen products Committee's investigations points to the definite, conclusion that it is practicable to make the British Empire independent in regard to external supplies of nitrogen. Canada, with exceptional water power and accessibility of seaboard, could produce much cheaper than anywhere in the world. New Zealand and Tasmania also offer possibilities of cheap manufacture of synthetic nitrogen, also large deposits of low grade coal, while Australia <'«n furnish ammonium sulphate.
The committee strongly advises, in fhc light of war experiences,, that the country should not risk depending on Chilian nitrates from the military point of view. Probably it would be wise to concentrate the major installations in Britain, with supplementary installations throughout the Empire, and ii necessary create an Imperial authority to carefully study Empire
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xnentH.—A. and N.Z
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Northern Advocate, 19 January 1920, Page 5
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