SAVING OIL SUPPLIES
BRITISH MOVE.
REVERT TO COAL
Shipping Might Use Older Fuel. Press Association —Copyright. Received 10.30 a.m. London, February 16. A conference has been opened at the Board of Trade to consider a move to save Britain’s oil supply by reverting from oil to cosl for certain classes of shipping. It Is pointed out that 47 per cent, of merchant hips depend on oil, Including a large number of tramp ships, while the entire combatant Navy uses oil exclusively. The Royal Air Force and a great part of the Army .depend on oil for mobility. The question of supply In case of emergency, therefore, has become one of national Importance. Any reduction In the demand for oil would ease the burden of naval defence and release warships proportionately from convoy duty, and, of course, benefit the coal trade. It Is believed that all tramp vessels and much other shipping might advantageously revert to coal.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 362, 17 February 1937, Page 5
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156SAVING OIL SUPPLIES Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 362, 17 February 1937, Page 5
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