Sterling Petrol Offered to New Zealand
Received Fridav 8.3(4 p.m. SYDXEY, Dec. 2. • Three cargoes of sterling petrol from Frc •;•(' and Bahrein representing 13,- 1 r.Oujinii galloiis are being offered to Xe.v Zoalaml by a Queensland firm. the ( Ireiit Xorthern Trading Compari.v Utd. A cable was despatched by the tiria today to the Prime Minister elecT-. . Mr Ilolland, reading: "Congratula- , tions. Can offer sterling petrol for yonr requirements if interested. Load iug a sterling tanker in January 1950. Wifing. " Tl.e (inn states that the petrol is part of a 14,000 tons order which could not he lu-ought to Brisbane for lack of storagi. sp'aee and ' lack of int.erest on the part of the State and Federal Gov ernment exeeutives and oi! companies. The spokisman said despite his as-: furances and irrefutable evidence the governments had questioned whether tlie petrol was procurable without thej use oi' dollars. j
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 5
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