BENZOL FROM TOWN GAS
Dur Own Cortesuondent.)
Palmerston North Schcme
(L''tyin 1
, PALMERSTON N., This Day. The Palmerston North City Council deeided last night to obtain information regarding the installation of plant for the production of benzol from town gas, and the possible demand for such a product. The Department of Industries and Commerce advised that there was statutory prov-ision for the hnposition of excise duty on ijcrizol produced in the Dofninion, and that the Government had deeided not to impose such duty on benzol produced as a by-product of domestic gas up to an exemption of 500,000 gallons per annum, and urging the desirability of giving the question of producing benzol the most serious consideration in view of the present and potential demand for this comjnodity at remunerative prices. j
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 210, 21 September 1937, Page 6
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