PETROL SUPPLIES.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 November 1917, Page 4

PETROL SUPPLIES.

According to reports from Mexico further large petroleum deposits have recently been discovered in that country. Surface indications point to many square miles of oil bearing territory. Mexico already produces a huge quantity of oil as may be judged from the fact that for the first six months of this year 22.140,876 barrels of petroleum were exported from that countrj'. Petrol is now selling at 4s per gallon in England, when you can get it. Under these conditions the use of coal gas for private vehicles is makig great strides at home. At present the chief difficulty with the use of this fuel is the balkiness of the bag containers, but experiments arc being conducted with a view to making practical light tanks or cylinders capable of holding compressed gas. If it were not for the trouble of carrying the gas, it would quickly supersede petrol, as 1000 cubic feet only costs about 3s and it will do the work of about 4 cations of petrol costing 16s.