OIL ERA COMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 114, 30 September 1912, Page 7

OIL ERA COMING.

1 ON NEW FUEL FOR . . NAVY. It .is .officially announced that a Royal Commission ,hns Jicch appointed to in--1 v.cstigatc.,aud report on the question ot oil -fiy'l, for-the .-hips, of the navy. The ■follow ill"- will be the members, of the Commission: .Vdm'i'i'.il' Lord 'Fisher (chairman), llr'.' (irorge'Lambert, M.P. • > Sir;^oi-'m'in Redwood, Bart. ■ Sir Philip Wails, K.C.I!. Engineer Yice-Admir.il Sir Henry John Oram,- I\.C.R. ' Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, K.G.I!. Sir William Matthews, K.C.M.fi. Sir Thomas Henry Holland, K.C.f.E. Sir Edward Thorpe, C.13. Mr. Alexander Oraeiq, M.Y.O. Mr. Humphrey Owen Jones, ALA. 'llr. Alfred Fernandez Yarrow.

The joint secretaries are: Captain Philip Wvlie Dumas, Engineer-Lieuten-ant Charles John llawkes, and Air. John Harper Narlieth, lloyal Corps of Naval Constructors. The following are the teni.s of refer.?m}~ ■ -..

"To i't'porl on the means of supply and storage of liquid fuel in peace ami war and its application to warship engines, whether indirectly or by internal combustion."

Lord Fisher, who had been a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence since KlOti, was First Sea Lord from IUO-1 to 1010, and to him more than anyone is due tIn 1 enormous advance in efiicic-iiey which lias.ch.iracterised. (lie navy durinf; the past few years. Mr. (leorge Lambert has been Civil Lord of the Admiraltv since l!)0o. lie sits for South Moil on, which he has represented since ISDI. Sir r.overtoii .Redwood is a wellknown authority on oil, and is adviser on petroleum to the Admiralty, the Home Ollice, the India' Oliiee, the Cor]>or;i t-'um of London. and the Port of London Authority. He has written 'much on the subject of petroleum and its uses. Sir Philip Watts'is just retiring from the post of Director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty, which he has held since li) 01. He lias had vast experience of warship building in all forms. Sir Henry Oram is Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet • Sir John Jellicoe is a Lord of the Admiralty and Controller of the Navy, and lias eommanded Ihe Al hi 111 ie Fleet since 1!)10, and Sir Willi:! m Matthews is couMiUiiij; engineer for harbor and dock works. Sir T. 11. Holland is an eminent ideologist;. Sir Edward Thorpe is u famous chemist, anl Mr. Alexander Cvtwi" is managing director of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company.