SYNTHETIC PETROL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11931, 30 October 1919, Page 6

SYNTHETIC PETROL.

! A CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. London, Oct. 14. The Daily Express states that the inventor of the synthetic motor fuel, replying to a challenge, consented to an exhaustive trial. He offered his fuel to the War Office when petrel was scarce, hut refused to disclose his formula, and no business resulted. The manager of the Scooter Motor Company states that he has used the fuel while journeying hundreds of miles, and his engine was not injured. A recent cablegram stated that interesting experiments were made in Nottingham with a new motor fuel, the invention of a South American, M. Andreade. Its cost is 5d a gallon, and it is a mixture of water, and a secret compound. Tests produced smooth, rapid speed, and altogether the results were encouraging.