Librers, Suprem
Court
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1989
FLEETS TO MARKED
AIR
FLY ON
BRITISH OIL SENSATION
COAL
HITLER'S HOME
Small girls in a North German town who were being examined recently before becoming pastry- cooks and bakers' assistants were. subjected to an all political “ex- amination" by a local Nâzi func-
Britain's air fleets of the future may fly on synthetic petrol, the product of Britain's semi- derelict coalfields. Such is the possibility opened tonary. up by activities in the little mining village of Glen- boig, Coatbridge, Glasgow,
Here, a demonstration plant is making syn- thetic oil from coal at the rate of 200 gallons a day. The product is a crude oil which splits up into 50 per cent. motor spirit, 40 per cent. diesel oil, and 10 per cent. lubricating oil.
The motor spirit, with the addition of appro- priate amounts of tetra ethyl lead, becomes an aero-
One of the questions asked was: "Where does the Fuehrer live?" Ono girl replied, "In Berchtesga- den." Another said, "In the Chan- cellery in Berlin,” A third, think- ing of the private flat in the Prinz Regentenstrasse, answered, "In Munich.”
Swelling slightly, the examiner gave the correct reply in appro- priately severe tones: “Adolf Hit- ler lives in the heart of every German."
plane spirit comparable with the highest grade, NO DOUBT
such as is used in the fastest military machines.
The crude synthetic oil made by and other fats. There seems no the demonstration plant at present likelihood of its being used here. costs 9d, a gallon. But it is claim- By contrast, the synthetic oil ed that once the process is work process is simple. It works at a ing directly at the pit-heads, by temperature of about 180 degrees collieries giving their entire out-centigrade, at pressures not much put over to oil production, the cost higher than that of the atmos- per gallon will fall to at most 6d. [phere.
OF CANADA'S DECISION
DIAN
CHANGE IN COMMONS
- LONDON, TO-DAY.
A MARKED CHANGE" IN PARLIAMENTARY OPINION HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WEEK-END, MAINLY DUE TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH AT BIRMINGHAM.
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Opposition criticism previ- ously expressed has undergone a change, and when the Premier entered the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, some mem- bers of both Opposition parties joined in the cheers of his own supporters..
There is a crystallisation of all feeling among members of parties that the time has come for the country to take a firm stand, and it is certain that any action in that direction' will have the support of the Opposition as well as Government members.
There are no indications yet of-a coalition between the La- bour Party and the Government, but there is less disposition among the Opposition to say that Mr. Chamberlain must go.—-Reu- ter.
GERMANY IN UNIFORM
speaking at Weimar,
OTTAWA, TO-DAY. SPEAKING IN THE CANA-
Nearly one-third of the male now in Motor spirit can be imported at Its raw material is coke—almost
HOUSE OF COMMONS population of Germany is
uniform, declared Hans Schwarz, the YESTERDAY, THE PREMIER, 41⁄2d a gallon. The Government, any sort of coke, made from any
national leader of uniform tailors however, guarantees a preference sort of coal. In other processes MR. MACKENZIE KING, SAID IF of 8d. a gallon to home-produced metallurgical coke has been used. THERE WERE PROSPECTS OF motor spirit and diesel oil,
This has two disadvantages—one, |
of all parts of the British Common- AN AGGRESSOR that it is dear; the other it uses up
ATTACKING wealth. This, on the comparatively low a yaluable raw material.
BRITAIN, THERE WAS NO On the other hand, it was a costs of the synthetic process, The synthetic oil process saves DOUBT OF THE CANADIAN case of a dispute over trade or pres- brings home production into
the colliery
expenses in grading, sphere of commercial enterprise. screening, and cleaning the coal. Imported motor spirit stored for Coke made from dirty coal is good any prolonged period "gums," and enough for its purpose. may have to be refined again. Syn- thetic potrol does not “gum.” Such a point has obvious military impor- tance.
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SPECIAL PROPERTIES
From the coke, ordinary blue wa- The demonstration plant is work ter gas is obtained (not the puri- ing on a new British
process fied water gas of other processes). which, its sponsors say, may reve-This is converted into a crude oil, lationise the oil situation in Eng which fractionates as indicated land.
above.
RESCUING THE COALFIELDS
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Special properties are claimed for the lubricating oil.. It has a Its managing director Mr. E. B. great temperature range that is Whalley, claims that here, at last, to say, it would be suitable for is an economical and efficient syn-| aeroplanes which fly in a few min- thetic process, the development of utes from a temperate zone near which would mean rescuing the the ground to a frigid zone in the semi-derelict coalfields of Great upper air.
Britain, which should hencefor- Crude synthetic oil need not be ward be regarded as our chief made into motor spirit, but can be sources of oil supply.
cracked up into a number of valu- The Labour Party's report
able solvents,' 'waxes," and other "Oil from Coal” made a favour-products.
on
able comment on this process, re- But the importance of the motor 'commending the erection of six spirit, which can be turned into
plants.
aeroplane spirit, is obvious.
"It is hard to find out," said Mr. the Government
Even
Since then it has been improved by the introduction of a sulphur-Whalley, “what resisting catalyst, and the semi-pays for its 'octane 88 petrol.' Pre- commercial plant has been erected sumably, it pays no duty.
so, I have been told that it pays 3s. at the Bedlay Colliery, Glenboig.
6d, a gallon. If it paid only 18. Broadly, the position, as Mr. 6d a gallon, that would give a Whalley explains it, is this. There price well inside our scope, are three older methods of making "We don't argue only from mili- oil from coal, all of which seem to tary necessity," said Mr. Whalley. have failed. High and low tem-What we argue is that for normal perature carbonisation are too ex-peace-time needs our coalfields pensive. At Billingham, a big should be regarded as oil sources." plant is working at temperatures Compared with 1918, British coal and pressures that eat through output is down by 45 million tons. steel like mice eating cheese. This would convert into 7,500,000
tons of synthetic oil.
The other process is the German Fischer and Tropsch process. which corteln British collieries have taken an interest.
Britain's annual oil consumption is about 11,000,000 tons. Experts believe it would take' years before This one is expensive, and, oven coal could be converted on this in Germany, the plant is now being scale. But it is argued that that used. almost entirely for the pro-only makes a stronger case for bes duction of chemicals and edible ginning the job soon.
PEOPLE'S DECISION.
tige in some far corner of the
aggression menacing the
They would regard it as an act of world, that would raise a different
freedom consideration.-Reuter...
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