2 JULY 1932, Page 7

The Scythia's ' Experiment There is not much so far

for the hopes raised by the Scythia's ' colloidal fuel experiments to build on. No detailed results have yet been disclosed, and one round trip provides no sufficient basis for final conclusions. But at least the first reports are favourable, and in view of the stimulus the adoption of the new oil-and-coal process by liners and the Royal Navy, leaving the ordinary merchant ship out of account, would give to the coal. industry in this country, the results of a more extended trial will be awaited with keen anticipation. The First Lord of the Admiralty has very properly undertaken to pursue official experiments if the detailed reports from the Cunard Company on the Scythia's ' experience justify it.