Oil Fuel.

Progress, Volume VI, Issue 2, 1 December 1910, Page 483

Oil Fuel.

Oil as the motive power for steamers on the New Zealand coast is a probability, according to the Minister for Marine (Mr. J. A. Millar), who told a deputation from the Seamen's Conference that companies were standing off until the Taranaki oilfields had been thoroughly proved. . Once this was so, they would equip their ships to use it. The introduction of oil as a motive-power should mean that the number of firemen at present employed will be considerably reduced. This reminds us of the announcement made by the Spreckles Company to the Postmaster-General of the Dominion of the application of oil fuel to their wellknown liner "Mariposa," and of the advantages of the same. These are diminution of the ship company by 45 men, increase of 1 knot per hour of speed, quicker working up to full power, superior steadiness, and a cleanliness absolutely unheard of in any kind of steam craft,