Home-made Briquettes
i The continued difficulty of getting i (coal or wood delivered and the perjsistently chilly evenings, prompted a j couple of Aucklanders to experiment' j with coal dust and slack. Very serviceable home-made briquettes are the result. The coal-slack and dust are ; separated with an ordinary garden i sieve and bound together with comI mon clay. The clay, which should bo ‘collected as free from soil as possible, I j is worked up with water to the con-] jsistency of very thick porridge or even ! ! dough. The coal dust, is then kneaded] j into it, with the addition of a small] | amount of . slack, until the mess as•sum.es the jet black of a briquette. ; Firmly pressed into balls about the i size of briquettes, and put on top oi in glowing fire, a dozen, of the homo-] ! made variety will last through an j (evening, and,' glowing redly all] j through, throw out an excellent heat, i In the morning nothing but the clay ..is left, „ * . *-
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Northern Advocate, 5 October 1943, Page 3
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