THE PETROL FAMINE
AMATEUR FINANCIER'S PROFIT. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) GHRISTOHURUH, Last Night. In oonnedtion' with tlie petrol famine, ithe lowest- price quoted is 40s, hut some firms"are obtaining 455. One or two care have been laid 'Up, buit. thb number of cars hats iriot changed appreciably. One cl (the difficultieis cif the position is that... amateur- financiers, who have been operating in petrol (for a numiber of private people. They received information: of the approaching shortage a week or .so ago, and invested in petrol, 'buying for a rise. These aimateuir manipulators are now hJolding Ifor (greaiter profits.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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99THE PETROL FAMINE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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