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Charles Phillips fertilized garden
"Total concept: After using pig manure to make cooking gas Charles Phillips fertilises his garden with the residue. On Saturday this garden nearby the piggery was a lush and verdant green. Running across the picture is the wire which carries the…
Three drums destroyed by Mr. Phillips
"Experiments: The three drums shown were destroyed while Mr. Phillips was carrying out his experiments to convert pig manure into methane cooking has. At right is a heap of the pig manure."
Filter and storage tank for methane
"Filter and storage: This is the filter and storage tank for methane (cooking gas) which is being made from pig manure."
Pigs on manure
"Energy source: Messrs. Trenton and Arnold, who along with 48 of their colleagues have been providing Charles Phillips with cooking gas for the past month. Their manure is used to make methane gas."
Electrical Engineer Charles Phillips reading the meter of his methane gas regulator
"Local methane: Electrical engineer - Charles Phillips reading the meter of his methane gas regulator. The two cylinders are called digestors. Pig manure are placed inside to begin the process for producing cooking gas."
Hopeton Phillips - Festival 79 Speech Gold Award Winner
"Festival '79 Speech Gold award winner, Hopeton Phillips of Cacoon All-Age School in Hanover, as he competed in the parish finals at Hanover Secondary School Wednesday, April 25. His entry "Confessions from Solitary Confinement" was in Class 3 -…
W.E. Phillips - Assistant G.M BNS
Portrait of Mr. W.E. Phillips, Assistant General Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia.
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Carrying baskets to market
Two men are on their way to the market to sell straw baskets. The baskets of varying sizes are heaped together and affixed to the ends of bamboos, to…