BRITAIN’S FUEL SUPPLIES
U.S.A. LOSES * BUSINESS There ivas a. time when, the bulk of the petrol .sold in'Oreat Britain came ' from the U.S.A., hut some: returns f published recently by the Board of Trade disclose that a different position rules to-day. , J During tlie 11 months ended November 30, 1935, the total importations of motor spirit amounted to 1,340,584,000! gallons, and of this total, no fewer than 562,176,000 gallons cam© from the Dutch East Indies. • Iran contributed 285,000.000' 'gallons,' and tlie U.S.A. ranked only third as supplier with a mere 272,448,000 gallons. Russia supplied 46*104,000 gallons, and Rumania 39,207,000 gallons, t
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 171, 19 April 1939, Page 4
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101BRITAIN’S FUEL SUPPLIES Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 171, 19 April 1939, Page 4
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