GAS IN INDUSTRY.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1924, Page 2

GAS IN INDUSTRY.

LIGHT, 11 FAT AND POWER

These are necessities of industry. It must have them, and formerly it extracted the two latter from coaljiv the laborious and wasteful method of burning the raw material. Science detests waste, and the scientific process known as coal carbonization, not only benefits industry by producing the purified Spirit of Coal Gas—capable of giving Light. Heat and Power without smoke, dust and dirt, but preserves for the benefit and enrichment of the nation the other valuable materials contained in coni Ammonia, used extensively in agriculture and oilier industries ; cyanogen, used in gold refilling, etc; and tar. from which scores of valuable chemical compounds are obtained hv distillation, such as disinfectants, drugs, lives, explosives, motor spirit, saccharine, scents, sheep dip. timber pickle, etc. etc. Very few people, even among busine-s men. realise the th insaiid ami one services (las renders to industry in addition to light and power generation, lo enumerate ittst ;i few:—-In the cotton, silk, and woollen trades, for singeing velvet, calico and cloth: 'drying cloth alter tenteriug: heating “conditioning’’ ovens;

gassing thread. In the Food Trades for sugar boiling, sweetmeat toasting ami talking, biscuit making, bread baking, pig singeing, bam !> tiling, bottle washing mid drying. milk scalding, wafer making, coffee roasting and grinding, operating refrigerators, drying, canning and bottling fruit and vegetables, pasteurisamilk, steam raising—as well as ill! | voeess of cooking. In the Motor Car Industry for run-oiiig-ui engines, brazing, metal easting mill hardening, japanning, enamelling mid drying, nil refining.

In the Shihpuihling Trade lor rivet making ami heating, plate and. angleiron heating, heat treatment oi heavy forgings, shrinking liners on to propellor shafts, annealing of eastings, heat treatment ol high-speed steel, beating of copper pines, expansion joints etc. The Spirit of Coal oilers to industry, i llirienet. economy, cleanliness and -peed.

When your throat is affected ffy damp weather, take “NAZOL’ oil sugar. Removes huskiness and prevents serious trouble. GO (loses Is fid.

Motorists: Easy starting in cold weather guaranteed w ith "Air-1' notion” Carburettors which allow also greater power and speed and reduce petrol consumption. 11. P. M. Manning and Co.. A Bedlord Row*. ( lirislcliurch.—Advt.

That sleep-snoiliitg cough can ho stopped by “NAZOL.” Take some droiis oil sugar. Penetrating and soothing. GO drops Is fid. Woods’ Great. Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and Colds, never fails.