Peat Fuel Scheme For Waikato
Housewives will have an'alternative fuel to coal and firewood next winter if plans made by a Wellington research worker can be completed within a few months. The substance is peat, which will be dug from a Waikato swamp, ?dried, and cut into block to produce a fuel as good as coal at a cheaper price, acording to Mr H. Hill, of Wellington, who hooes to develop a special type for use in railway locomotive furnaces.
An assurance of Government assistance in the 1 project has been given by the Public Works and Department of Industries and Commerce, he said.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 6, 1 July 1949, Page 8
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104Peat Fuel Scheme For Waikato Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 6, 1 July 1949, Page 8
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