ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL
SUGAR COMPANY’S PLANS. OUTLAY OF £200,000. NEW AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY. United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-bt. SYDNEY, July 30. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company is spending £200,000 on rebuilding, to increase the capacity of its distillery at Pyrmont on facilities for the transport and storage of molasses. The company is embarking on the production of absolute alcohol for use as automobile fuel, especially in times of national emergency. In making this announcement Dr. R. W. Harman, the company’s chief chemist, said that all the solvents necessary to the lacquer and explosive industries were capable of being made at & reasonable cost in Australia from Australian raw material, and this would be a stern necessity in times of war.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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118ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 9
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