HC Deb 13 February 1929 vol 225 cc439-40W
Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any official information of the recent voyage of a ship from England to Australia on pulverised fuel; and if he can make a statement on the matter?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

The s.s. "Hororata," of the New Zealand Shipping Company, left the Thames in December on a voyage to Australia and back, fitted with an arrangement for burning pulverised fuel in three out of the six boilers. The Board of Trade have no information yet as to the manner in which this system has worked.