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A CHANCE SEIZED IN EQYPTV By Telesrrapn-Press £isociation--CopyiiKht> (Rec. November 29, 10.30 p.m.) London, November 29. A phrase in one- of Earl CromerY reports issued during his term; as British Minister in Egypt,', has resulted in experiments being made in Germany-' with the manufacture. of a new fuel 1 out of papyrus reeds. These-cover an. area of thirty-five thousand , square: miles in. the upper ■reaches' of the White' Nile, obstructing tho. navigation of tho river. The reeds are; dried, : powdered, and compressed into briquettes, which are. forty per centum' cheaper than coal. They are used on the Nile steamers and on the EgypV: tian railways. \ . ; '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 7
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