BENZINE AND OIL
A THREATENED SHORTAGE. In the House of Representatives last evening, Mr. Craigie (Timaru) mentioned that the price of benzine had' risen from 12s. 3d. to ISs. <td. per case in Timaru, where the heavy charge for motor fuel was hampering tho fishing industry. Ho asked it the Government could afford any relief.
The Prime Minister said ho. was awaro there was a general scarcity of benzino and mineral oil in some parts of NewZealand. Tho Department of Imperial Supplies had been making inquiries on tho subject, and had found that there was enough benzine and mineral oil to meet requirements until the end of the year. The Government had arranged _ for a vessel to bring oil from the United States, probably from New York, but the Imperial Government had found it necessary to commandeer the vessel. Ho had good reason to believe, however, that another ship would be made available to bring tho oil that Now Zealand would urgently require at the beginning of next year. He would ask members of tho Board of Trade, in tho\meantime, to visit Timaru and endeavour to have oil supplied at a ■ reduced Tate.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 4
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193BENZINE AND OIL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 4
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