OIL FROM COAL
EXPERIMENTS IN BRITAIN.
NEW ZEALAND PRODUCT USED.
The statement that New Zealand coal had been used successfully in experiments for the productione of oil from coal was made recently by Dr. H. W.
Strong, an Australian research chemist, who is returning to Australia by the Monowai after spending seven years in England carrying out research work for Imperial Chemical Industries.
Dr. Strong said petrol could now be produced from any type of coal except anthracite. The cost of production in England was about 7d a gallon, and in New Zealand the cost would oe about lOd or lid. With distribution costs added, the new petrol would not be much cheaper than ordinary motor fuel Production experiments bad been practically completed, but no definite steps had been taken to put the new petrol on the market.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1933, Page 8
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138OIL FROM COAL Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1933, Page 8
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