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Show COMPLETE OIL PIPE LINE FOR BRITISH NAVY LONDON, Thursday, Nov. 21 Tile Inter-allied Petroleum council nasi been visiting Scotland during the past few days attending the formal inauguration inaug-uration of a pipe line laid across Scotland Scot-land along (he Clyde-Forth canal to secure a continuous supply of fuel oil for the British naval base at Hosyth. This pipe line will deliver one hundred hun-dred tons of oil per hour and is the longest in Europe. Construction was begun in March and completed Nov. 11. Rear Admiral H. H. D. Tothlll, who performed the Inaugural ceremony said that the ' speedy completion pf the scheme wasj largely due to "our good friends from: the United States who went over the pipe line and provided pipe and also the necessary hustle and determination to overcome all difficulties." j |