1939-03-10 — Page 3

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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 10, 1939.

AIR FLEETS TO FLY

ON COAL

British Oil Sensation

BRITAIN'S air fleets of the future may fly on synthetic petrol, the product of Britain's semi-derelict coal- fields. Such is the possibility opened up by activities in the little mining village of Glenbeig, Coatbridge, Glas-

gow.

Here, à demonstration plant is making synthetic oil from coal-at the rate of 200 gallons a day. The product is a crude oil which splits up into 50 per cent, lubricating

oil.

The motor spirit with the ad-i merdal plant has been erected at the dition of appropriate amounts Bedlay Collery, Glenbuig.

Whalley

Broadly, the position, as explains it, is this. There are three older methods of making oil from

of tetra ethyl lead, becomes an] aeroplane spirit comparable with the highest grade, such as is used in the fastest military ma-failed. High and low temperature chines,

SIXPENCE A GALLON

working

The crude synthetic oil made by the demonstration plant at present costs Pd. n gallon. But it is claimed that once the process is directly at the pit-heats, by cullleries giving their entire output over to it podelion, the rost per gallon will fall to ut most Ed.

ca), all of which

seem to have

carbonisation are too expensive. At Billingham, a big plent is working at temperatures and pressure that pat through steel like mice eating cheese.

The other process is the German i11 Fischer and Tropsch process, which certain British collieries have taken un interest.

This one is expensive, and even in Germany, the plant is now being] used almost entirely for the produc Motor spirit can be imported atten of theraleak and edible and 110 Bike- 4. a gallon. The Government. other iets. Ther however, guarantees a preferener of od of 14 being used here. Bd. a gallan to home-produced motor spirit and diesel oil.

By contrast the synthetic it pro- cess is simple. It works at a tem- nature of phot 180 degres centi- made, a pestures not much higher

This, on the comparatively low custs of the synth tie process, brishan that the atmosphere. home production into the sphere of Commercial enterprise,

Imported motor spirit sted for any prolonged period "ums" and may have to be rebued gin. Syn- Such a thelle petrol does not "gum. point has obvious military toport-

Its raw material is enke—almost i any sort of coke, made from any sort of coal. In other processes metallurgical coke has been used. This has two disadvantages—one.

dear: the other that it! that R uses up a valuable raw material. The synthelle nil process saveR eshtery excases in grading, screen- the etal. Coke

The demonstration plant is workin, and elcoming

ing on a new British process which. made from dirty card is good enough

His sponsors may, may revolutionise for its purpose.

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the oll situation in this country. RESCUING THE COALFIELDS Recently it was discussed with s managing director, Mr. E. B. Whal- ley. He claims that there, at last, This is converted to a crude o

STRIKE

CAUSES

SORE FEET

MUFS!

Strike or ingressed wamu by more than 4,000 clevator operators in New York City tied up hundreds of buildings, particularly if the fur and a ment centres, and prevented more than 100,000 employes from going to work. Above, decane Gregory, left, her sister Trens, right, and Lillien Berson, clothes medels, started to hike to the 30th Boor.

NEW SOLDIER WEARS

WIND SUIT, SKI TROUSERS, GAITERS

water gas is obtained (not the puri-DRITAIN'S. new Army-on-Wheels demonstrated its Cve processes).j speed and hitting power on the plains of Aldershot the water ens f

retor e as indicated recently to members of Parliament, and the new soldier process, the development of which 'above,

Special properties are claimed for paraded in battle order that would puzzle the veterans of

an economical and effetent synthene Wh

would mean resening the semi-dere-↑ Het coalfields of Great Britain, which should henceforward be regarded as our chief sources of oil suply.

the lubricating oil. It has a great 1914-18. temperature range that is

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it would be suitable for aeroplanes

ducts.

Mr. Hore-Belisha, the Minister of War, was not there The Labour Party's report on "it which fly in a few minutes from himself-there was a Cabinet meeting-but he had com- from Cral" made a favourable con- temperate zone near the groundmanded a showing of the Army's closest secrets, and 148 ment on his process, recommending frigid zone in the nær air.

Crude synthetic vil need not be M.P.s ploughed through Aldershot's yellow mud to see the erection of alx plants.

Since then it has been improved made into motor spirit, but can be

of a subphor-erarked up into a nunter vom-them. by the introduction

Among the weapons of de- reifsting catalyst, and the semi-con-able solvents, waxes, and other pro-

and terror, Mr. But the importhree of the motor Struction

be turned into Magician-Belisha put on show a sprit, which

magic carpet. fifty yards long, eventie spiva, is obvious.

an is hard to food out," sald Mr. A few days ago a field was filled Whiley, "what the Gaverument

petrol with heavy poison gas. A roll Pays for its octane 88 Presumily. # Pays 120 duty of this "earpet"-it looks like Even so. I have been told that it three thicknesses of paper-was pays 35. 6d.

gallon. If paid laid across the field, and 1,000- only 1s. Gd. a gallon, that woyid give a prive well insile our scope, en walked across it without We don't argue only from military getting their Army boots burn necssity," said Mr. Willey. "What ed or contaminated.

Auto Thefts

Toledo, O.

City police reported a 30 pry rent. reduction in autèudike thefts during 1980, compared with 1937. Last year: 763 ears were molen and all except; 22 were recovered.

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we argue that for normal, peace- | time mesh our, rualfieds should be retarded as if sources.'

The men in gas-masks who stood beside the carpet were yellow ruffs their oilskins. Those cuffs Compared with 1913, British cuallover output is down by 45 million tons, would have changed colour if a trace 7.500.000 nf poison gas had enme over on the This would convert inlo

ms. Experts believe it would take cold wind. years before coal could be converted

Yellow dises were seatlered on the

on this scale. But it is arguest that ground. They were "gas detectors" that only make a stronger case for too. That is a gas detection squad

ginning the Jab soon.

Car Bandits Made P.C. Leap For Life

POLICE were recently search-

ing for bandits who raided three houses ricar Worplesdon (Surrey) golf club and broke through a police cordon in a stolen car. nearly knocking down an ollicer.

in the new Army.

Some of the smarter-bbuted offers said they.disliked the now battle dress for the foot soldier.

Gone are puttees. They give way to amul ankle gaiters like there of! the Marines. Brass buttons have given way to bakelite buttons,

One of the new juris looks like a sicet hose-pipe, and is elalined to he the best anti-aircraft picre in the world for dealing with low-fying airplanes.

2-16. shell that fres explodes if it bouches a sheet of completely paper and explodes

to earth, that none of it fails The gun fees 120 of three a minte, and a sergeant sad ja~ could count on thirty-seven hits out of fifty-five un a target towel at 100 updx.

They said at Aldershot there is of 1 famous Jortage w Bren ga

SIMON ARZT

The soldier will go into battle! in a windproof suit, the close- Mting tunic buttoning into khak!! trousers that would do well for R ski-ing.

This uniform was in the experi- Since mental stage up to the crisis. then thousands have been issued.] Army chemists are experimenting,

Motorists on all main roads from and belleve that soon they will be Woking to London and the constable to make the material gas-proć? were stopped and questioned.

as well as windproof.

DROVE AT P.C.

P. C. Sprigga, who was guarding

| Black Horze Lane, attempled to stop

a small saloon car.

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M.Ps climbed a hill and packed themselves into a stand with a wide! view to get a glimpse of the new! mechanised Army on the move,"

Twelve squat scouting armoured

minutes, away in less than two

The driver drove straight at the cars appeared in the mist

jump asicle to

officer, who had to avoid being knocked down.

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In falling he managed to obtain the leaping over the rough ground, they

were past the stund.

number of the car, wideh was later Of eleven different types of tank reported stolen from the garage of Mr. B. Jobling of The Gate House shown, seven are on the secret list, One, fast and heavily armoured, Worplesdon Hill.

When, shortly, after middoy,

the looks like a submarine. There Is

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ene was found abandoned in a by-short periscope through which the road near Guildford with some of the gunner in the round conning toweri

1s takes

sights, and the driver, sate: stolen property in it, the police from all non-piercing bullets, also cordon was withdrawn.

The cordon, for which police on loaks jato a periscope. This is on duty were reinforced by others called assault tanke. from their beds, Wha hurriedlyThe commentator, said: "It repre- drawn when Captain Charles Napier sents a new conception In design Ambrose, of Bracken Lodge, Wor-jand construction considerably in plesdon Hill, reported that his house advance of foreign countries." had been broken into. Silver and jewellery were stolen.

Wasp Stings Nearly

Fatal

Simsbury, Conn.

All of the tank squadrons were commanded by radio. Thin, up- right aerials waved from their shapes like the feelers of under-, water monsters...

Speeint pride of the new Amy is the latest anil-tank gun-lawed. be hind fight dragons or tanks. It can fire from its wheels in an emer James P. Curtiss is allergic to gency, but hormally fires from the wasps and when one stung him he central mounting, which gives an this. almost died. Doctors worked over all-round traverse..., Thele him for five hours and administered eighteen-Inch long, shells with plcree adrenalin before they could restore the heaviest tank armiqur, en him to consciousness.

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