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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16888, 28 December 1916, Page 6

The discovery of coal at Udi, in Southern Nigeria, marks a new and most important epoch in the history of Wcsi Africa, as it renders possible many industrial developments in that still little-known country. The discovery was made in the course of the mineral survey of Southern Nigeria, which was associated with the Imperial Institute. Following on the very favourable report of the Institute, steps were taken by the Government to work the field, which is no longer in the experimental sta<;e, as up to the month of Juno IO.OCO tons had already been mined and stacked ready for use. The coalfield is in immediate proximity to (he new Nigerian Eastern lailway from Port Harcourt, the distance from which is only 150 miles. When the line is opened for traffic —some time this year —transport can begin at once, and the coal will be at the scrvice of the whole of Nigeria. Many specimens of Udi coal have been very fully examined, and the fuel value has been definitely determined at the Imperial Institute. Though not equal in quality to Welsh steam coal, it is much better than many varieties which are now being mined all over the world. It has been subjected to exhaustive trials on the Nigerian railways, the officials of which have reported very favourably upon it as a locomotive fuel." The total area of the Udi deposits is, so far as can be at present estimated, not less than 2100 souare miles. In places the seams are oft thick. — Sir Albert Stanley, the managing director of the Underground Railways and General Omnibus Company, two of the most perfectly-organised concerns in tho world, every year coaveying millions of peop'e from one part of the groat metropolis {mother, has been appointed by the War Office Director of the Army Motor Department. which has been transferred _to the Ministry of Munitions. No man is more suited for this position of great responsibility. for Sir Albert Stanley has the reputation of being one of the most able railway and traffic 'managers in the world. It has been said that if all the railway companies in the world combined, the workup of such a huge concern would be perfect if Sir Albert Stanley were in charge. — The Cologne "Gazette (August 4) says that the food restrictions hnv" brought many benefits it/ their train. Double chins and " corporationshave disappeared from Germany, and it has been noticed that the popular' health is rapidly improving. Tho well-known surgeon. Professor Kuttner, writing in the German Review, says thai appendicitis is disappearing as a result of the severe plainness of Germany's war dirt. Other ilk and ailments are also decreasing as the result of the abstinence from r-eh r ')ocl. WOLFE'S RCIINAPrS possesses tho beneficial qualities of a health tonic.