"Charcoal" Cars Scheme to Save Petrol Consumption Reviewed Tokyo, Jan. 14.
Three thousand motor car owners will be into conference with Ministry of Industry cials on th
ers in their cars with a view q of ing charcoal burn-to economizing in petrol.
If Sunday's meeting is successful, all private car owners in the country will be urged to ce-operate in a national fuel retrenchment programme by installing charcoal gas generators in their vehicles. Petrol consumption by the nation, including taxicabs, trucks, and private cars, was 85 per cent. less last month than the monthly average prior to the Outbreak of hostilities, the report said. Metropolitan police have al-decided to install the charcoal burners in their cars, it was announced.—Domei, Seven Russians in District Court Seven Russians, most of whom have previous convictions, were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday and charged with attempted burglary by the Wayside police, They denied the charge saying that they had entered a house io avoid running into a police party which was on patrol duty in the area where they were poe ied were remanded in for a week. jearing was postponed
The Russians were arrested at might during the week-end, while ihey were paying a visit to an un-nanted house at 7-220 Kungping (Road. There were no police round the area at the time but a man living in the neighbourhood telephoned to the station. Four were arrested while they were in the house. The other three were standing outside when caught. In their possession, it was alleged by the were a set of burglars" tools and some torches.
The seven prisoners are F. Guseff, Snarsky, A. Strelchuk, G. Boris-off, B. Kosloff, B. Onufrychuk and N.
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