ARMY’S PETROL CONSUMPTION.
The British advance north of the Somme is said to have increased the petrol consumption of the Army a: the front by 1,000,000 gallons a week. The “Motor,” from which paper tins statement is taken, gives as an example of the need of petrol for the a - vanee the fact that the huge “capillar” tractors which are useu hauling up the big guns with every forward movement consume a gallon of petrol a mile, and have a tank capacity of 90 gallons. That is olily one item, and a comparatively insignificant one by comparison with the huge demands of the transport and air services.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 212, 16 October 1916, Page 3
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107ARMY’S PETROL CONSUMPTION. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 212, 16 October 1916, Page 3
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