PETROL WAR
PRICE FIXING BREAKS DOWN
ct rated Press Association —By Eleetrio
1 e«.<giapfc.—Copy right.)
PARIS, May 16.
It is understood that .Koumunia at the impending oil conference, will deliver an ultimatum to the British, Dutch and American producers, that unless the American supply is regulated, Roumama will withdraw from the conference.
REDUCTION IN PRICE.
LONDON, May 17
There is a reduction in petrol prices. It is the result or overproduction in the United States, combined with the fall ol the value of the dollar. The reduction indicates that the laboriously contrived structures for price maintenance established by the AngloDutch, American and Rumanian producers has collapsed. This is because America , is unable to carry. . out. the
bargain,.. , . ... „ . ■ v .j. , Oil shares on the Stock Exchange are weak. . ... ..... r ,
PRICE CUTJN V RUGBY, 1 May T 6. 1 A reduction of 2jd per gallon in the price of petrol takes place from tomorrow. ! -■ / :::: V ‘ -1:: : :
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19330518.2.40
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1933, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
154PETROL WAR Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1933, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.