“GAS” OR BENZINE?
'SHAT SHALL ’SE NAME PETROL ' One of khe details of ne oil in c usury that should be aruended to with cut delay is a universal name for gast line,” according to Mr. Peter Hurl London representative of the Stand arc Gil Company. “In England gasoline is called tno
: tor spirits* or ‘petrol’; in France it • is called ‘essence/ and the word ‘pet- * rol* is used to designate kerosene. In i Italy the bewildered motorist must ask - for 'benzine’ if he wants gasoline, well - knowing that the liquid called benzine' 1 in some other countries is highly explosive and might be danger: us to use : in a motor-car.” Since the United States handles and : uses more than 70 per cent, of the ; world s gasoline, Mr. Kuril suggested - that gasoline be caked ‘gasoline " in - conformity with the American custom.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 8
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142“GAS” OR BENZINE? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 8
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