PRICE OF PETROL.
IS THE PUBLIC SROTEOHI»> ■■?
(By Wire,—Parliamentary Reporter]^," Wellington, Last Nigbf The price of petrel w« mentions in the House of Representatives to4*jr by Mr. T. M. Wilford (Hutt), who quoted a published statement that the local . piice had just risen to 37i 6d, or .«2 « case.
He said that ha recently bought twenty cases in the Vtthei Stotw" through a friend. He paid tbt estreat American price without any trade diacount, and then paid freight, dtttyyand, all other charges. Exchange was calculated at the current rate, and the landed cost of the petrol had been 23s a case. - What was the Board of Trafe ao> ing to protest the public! The Hon.'E. JP.-Lee replied that tie * Board of Trade did not Import pittti, There was nothing/to prevent other W* -pie doing what Mr. Wilford had don*. The circumstance* of the email trans* action mentioned in the House might be exceptional, but hr would have the mattec looked into, " ■ ,i
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1920, Page 4
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162PRICE OF PETROL. Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1920, Page 4
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