New uses for Peat – 1935

Advocate (Melbourne) Thursday 9th May, 1935 p.11
Determined to make its peat scheme a success, the present Government is sending a mission to the Continent to study the work done there through the medium of peat. Already much has been accomplished in substituting this native fuel for imported coal. In thousands of city homes peat is now burned almost exclusively. Travellers from the country claim that as they come near Dublin the fragrance of turf meets them as it rises up from the capital. The scheme now in operation provides a guaranteed price for the turf cutter and a fixed price for the consumer, the Government taking responsibility for the quality.
The projected tour abroad is for other employments for peat. The delegation, headed by Dr. Henry Kennedy, secretary of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (the co-operative society founded by Sir Horace Plunkett), includes also a representative of the Electricity Supply Board, which controls and directs the Shannon Scheme. In Russia, which the delegation are to visit, some of the greatest power stations burn only peat.