Coconut Charcoal For
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Gasmasks
charcoal is in keen demand for the manufacture of gasmasks, and European manufacturers are making in quiries for this material in Malaya.
Anticipating a demand, several Mala yan coconut plantations have developed an improved process for the production of a clean, hard charcoal. It is estimated that a mature estate of 1,500 acres should produce about 25 tons of charcoal a month.
Dr. Hans Reck, the African explorer and scientist, who made important dis coveries in connection with the problem of volcanic eruptions in the Smith Seas, died in London during Au gust.