COAL DEMAND
DECLINE IN WOULD FIGURES
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
LONDON. April D,
The world, during 11)27. used for power purposes, four hundred million tons less coal than during the year 1918. This is a statement in the report of last year’s World Power Conference. Until a few decades ago, coal represented the main power producing material, hut during the past fifteen years, the situation changed, through, the development of oil, the, utilisation of water power, and the scientific combustion of low grade fuels, such ns brown coal. Tlu* World Power Conference estimates that the world’s coal resources, based on the production of 1,27(1,000 tons during 1027, will last for at leas four thousand venrs.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1929, Page 6
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