PETROLEUM GAS
OIL BORE ON FARM EFFICIENCY IN RUNNING (By Telegraph.—Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday With a constant supply of petro- | leum gas, capable of propelling a car ! with more efficiency than petrol, pouring from an old oil bore on his farm, petrol restrictions may shortly cease to worry Mr O. Foreman, of ; Tikorangi. Mr Foreman, who for some years ! has been drawing on this apparently inexhaustible source of gas for his lighting, cooking, and for the small motor driving his milking plant, is now turning his attention to overcoming the petrol problem, not by substituting the inferior producer gas, but a clean gas, the power of which exceeds that of petrol. Without any adjustment to the engine, the gas can be put straight through the carburetter. Storing the gas in a cylinder not much larger than one of the cylinders used in the i producer gas plant, sufficient can be carried to run the lorry for 10 hours. After 12 months’ use, the points of the sparking plugs of his truck were found to be as clean as when they were new.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 5
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183PETROLEUM GAS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 5
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