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A MAIDEN SPEECH. (British Official Wireless.) .RUBGY, May 20. In a maiden speech, in the House of Lords, to-day, Lord Rutherford, the famous scientist, recounted the experiments being conducted here lor the production by various processes of oil from coal. He emphasised the desirability of Britain possessing an independent oil supply, and said that, this could alone he procured through coal. Natural oil, at present, was being sold at such a low price that oil production from coal could not be effected _ at an equivalent cost, but in future, prices might rise, and the situation change. Experiments had however, shown it to be scientifically possible to provide/ the bulk of the British oil supply from the available coal. He strongly urged the value of continuing research on t m subject.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1931, Page 5
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132OFFICIAL WIRELESS Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1931, Page 5
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