FREIGHT IN MOTOR SPIRITS.
MOVEMENT. FOR ITS REDUCTION*. A fow years ago, when motor-oars were, looked upon as hisurios, and ilie trade in potrolcum spirits was consequently very small, a high rate of freight was -decided uponliy the railways and shipping companies. _ To-day these spirits are a necessity in practically every in-
.dustry, in farming, for transport and touring, etc.; in fact, they have become intltspeiistthle for either coinmoroial or piofossioniil raon, and tho consumption i'b now and grows ciny by day. ■ In view of these facts it is felt (lint Hip time is opportune for considerable reflnctiou in tho cost of frcißlitago, in any case no highor than tliai on kevnsenc or hibricatinii oils, and with this end in view .tii-e Vacuum Oil Co, Pro?, pric-tary Ltd., have piTpared a petition, which may now he signed by all interested. United notion ■is essential for the, success of this movement, and- the petition frill twtneia.open. , .till-about tho _middlg of.JwiuaH6r:-'fe'S : K;sfe'- i :. "'i-". ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1951, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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162FREIGHT IN MOTOR SPIRITS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1951, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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