PETROL SHORTAGE.
The shortage cf petrol is reaching an acute- stage in Christchureh and other parts of ithe 'jDtomcntton. Oi/ristehurcb, cb fasr, 5s feeding the effects of the subxtage ino&t, passably because of the groat number of .motor cars and motor driven vehicles that' aire in use in the southern city. According to press messages, the commercial firms are in ntosfc cases prepared, .and have sufficient stocks to last for soma time. One thing that (the present ehoTtage of petrol .suggests ware than another is \h> greait •frttridos. mane iu motor engi",»«ring within 'the >pa.»fc decade, and mencdtnig that within, a ,few years hcrsedrawn vehicles will he. iir> longer in use for purposes cf transport. Ma&fertoii, ; in common with other parts of the Dominion 1 , is feeling the effects-of the' shortage of supply,, but it is probable that the situation will net be so acutely feit. as in the south, at {east for {bme tune. The motor caais used to such an! extent in all parts of the country ,tlia,t the diminished supply of rthe tfuel will ud doubt cause a, good deal: of concern! to a large sectioil of the couiinunvty.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10627, 4 May 1912, Page 4
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192PETROL SHORTAGE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10627, 4 May 1912, Page 4
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