SURVEY OF COAL RESOURCES URGED
-Press Assoeiation
By Telegraph-
WELLINGTON, Oct. 16. Stiessiug the necessity for investigating the reserves aud uature of New Zealand 's lower grade coal so that our limited resources may be used to the utmost advantagp, Mr. W . G. Hughson, seuior fuel chemist. to the Coal Uurvey of New Zealaud, iu aii address to the technological section of the Royal Society, said that at the preseut rate of cousumptiou aud according to latest iigures for coal resprves, our bitumiuous coal supplies are possibly sufiioieut for fii'Ly years-,,. Against this uou-cok-ing aud sub-bitiilinnous coals and |ig-'. nites are preseilt iu quantities sufiicient for hundreds Of ' years. Higli grade bituininous coal from the West Coast must therefore be eonserved for speeial | purposes and tlie lower grade eoals used eitlier in speeial equipmeut or iu some proeessed f6rm.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 October 1946, Page 6
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