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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 17 March 1911, Page 8

_Tlic' exceptionally large shipments of oil tliat constantly arrive in the Dominion are an illustration of the stride* tkat are being made by the motor industry (says the Lyttelton Times). A short time ago the steamers that, conveyed the cargo (o Sew Zealand alwavs made tails at Melbourne and Svilnev h' c . fore proceeding to these shores'; but the grooving demands of the country are evidenced by the fact that one of'the | iiri r. est oil companies in Xew York has lately chartered several vessels'to load for New Zealand direct. The Strathendick no\ at Lyttelton, arrived j„ Auckland ;. fortnight ago with a cargo of about KiO.OOO cases of assorted-oils for the four mam ports. Auckland, being suitable for motor launches, is a large consumer of benzine: Wellington demands a mixed supply of benzine and petrol; and Christchurch, being the principal centre for motor vehicles, requires heavy stocks of petrol. During the next three months it is estimated that nearly half a million cases ot oil will be landed in the Dominion from the American oilfields

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