Adopted by the Navy.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 4

Adopted by the Navy.

4 Km- ii lull;; lime pn.st the Admir;ilt,v li.-ivf Ik'i'ii iiiiiK'i.'i.sj; exhaustive i'S'.). •riuii-'iits with tin- object of ti'-hiiL , ; tin , I'csprctivi l - merits ol' oil mi'] c:;,-il us limil I'or warslii])s. As :i i-'."-:ii!i of these experiments the iii!(i|ition ol' oil I'nel in the Royal X:ivy w -is decided upon .sonic time •I'io. hilt whether it i.s to he used to the exclusion of con I altogC'ther j i.s nol known. This is, however, liiit consiilered likely. Months :i.u;o (siiys the .Melhouriie esii'iisive |)repn rations had heen niiide by the Admiralty for .storing and handliiMj; oil. Near Port VicI toria four .steel tanks, capable of storing 20,000 ton.s of oil were erected, and subsequently filled from tank steamers. While the use of oil aiiimi'j; warships is a comparatively recoil innovation, it has been m vo>.;ue in (he mercantile marine ror a ciinsidci-ibh' period. Two lines ill "-teaini'i's. those of the 'Shell" Transport Company and the Royal Dutch _ Packet line, which trade to Australia i!.sa oil a.s fuel, biif t!u\v ;ire so ei|iiipped that they can burn either the liquid fuel or c<::!!. -is occasion demands. Owinsj; In ill!' diitv impose , ! upon oil convwiu'fl bv Hμ Dutch Royal Packet 1 i.ll■ t ~ v. hiNt they are in Australian w;ite"-. \i \< stated that the company contemplated revertim: to r■:i:11 i'ii- jiiopiil-iiiii until they left the precincts of the Commonwealth. Ticre i- tint. ii- is t-ii'l. •) rrrent differenci' in th: , cest of oil and coal. Th: , i'oriiicr has the advantage of ti-.'iii' , . cle-Micr than coal, inasmuch il pi'.-'lun-"; neither ashes nor --■ »t!r>!<.• : whilst is oil.- , iii'in can operate the appliance for ' 'sprinlclin.c;' ' Mr. i'lirii.'M-. •; ihe nc'.-essity for em•il■■yiiii.l; '-I•:''■: v< is removed. It wis i'.-o:)i-t"d 'Miii" time back that *■•!<■•■■,.- i'.'l iriaN of oil ns fuel had 1 .>i"i <■ • ■ i•!■■'] out in the navy. cr-L~ti:nvzmimeaae)sm»aa