PETROLEUM NEWS
THE COMING AGE OP OIL. "The age of oil is only just beginning," said the chairman of the G. M. Old Fields, a company which holds a large stake in the New Zealand oil fields, in the course of his speech at a general meeting of the company in London. The chairman, Mr. George Macdonald, went on to say that he had preached for some time that soon we should see, not a few trains propelled by liquid fuel, but all trains, as well as the mercantile marine and the navies of the world. In five years' time he thought it would be a rare thing to see a horse cab in London. Probably in from ten to twelve years it would be a rarity to see a steamer on the ocean with funnels. He had before him an account of a steamer without funnels which had made its first voyage successfully with liquid fuel. It burned about two tons of oil a Hay instead of eight tons of coal, and it was cleaner and easier to handle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 335, 23 June 1911, Page 8
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180PETROLEUM NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 335, 23 June 1911, Page 8
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