PETROL FROM COAL
USE BY ROYAL AIR FORCE ( British Official Wireless. ) Received March 21, 5.5 p.m. RUGBY, March 20. Tn view of the Government policy of assisting the produciion of petrol from coal, interest is attached to a statement by Sir Philip Sassoon in the House of Commons that nine squadrons of the Royal. Air Force were now flying entirely and with satisfactory results on spirit derived bv low temperature •carbonisation of British coal. Sir Philip also referred to the progress being made with British com-pression-ignition engines, and drew attention to the fact that the world record altitude for an aeroplane fitted with a heavy-oil engine had been established by a British machine last May with a height of 28,000 feet.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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121PETROL FROM COAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7
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