WAR SAVING.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 258, 18 December 1916, Page 5

WAR SAVING.

The National Organising Committee for War Saving in London publish the following “hints”: — Use gas coke wherever possible instead of coal. Coal and coke mixed in equal proportions will give a steady red-hot fire, and last longer than coal alone. Remove partially burned embers when you go to bed, and put them aside on the hearth to cool. They can be used next day. Sift the cinders and bank the fire with the partially burned coal thus recovered.

Rank the fire down with small coal slightly damped, and press down. This is a simple method of keeping in the fire without waste of coal. Insert firebricks at the sides of the fire when the grate is needlessly large. The firebricks become red-hot, and retain heat for a long time. How to Save Coal. One feeding of coal on a fire will last 12 or 13 hours. One cut. of coal will last one fire seven days, burning continuously day and night. For 1 cwt. of coal mix i6oz. of common salt with Boz. common soda, and about two-thirds of a pint of boiling water to dissolve salt and soda. Keep in a bottle w ith a cork <ut to allow the solution to be well sprinkled. Re sure the coal is well moistened with the solution. The result is very little smoke, a bright incandescent kind of flame, and long duration of fuel. Some coal requires a stronger mixture. Then increase the quantities of salt and soda, but same proportion of water. Roiled sea water is better than fresh. The smaller the coal, the better the result, and greater heat.