PETROL PRICE INCREASED.
NEW YORK, April 29. The Standard Oil Company has increased the price of petrol by one and j two cents a gallon An several States. The wholesale price of automobile petrol is now 22 cents and 23 cents a gallon. MINING TOWN SWEPT AWAY. VANCOUVER, October 29. Thirty-five persons are dead through a cloudburst, which swept away Britannia Beach, a nearby mining town. A RUSSIAN~~PROTEST. (Received October 31, 12.40 p.m.) COPENHAGEN. October 30. The "Politiken's" Riga correspondent states that Tchitcherin sent a Note to Britain protesting against the English warships at Vladivostock landing officers and men belonging to General Wr'angel's old army, and stating that he regarded the action hostile to Russia and the Far Eastern Republic. LIGHTHOUSE FOR AVIATORS. (Received October 31, 12.40 p.m.) PARIS, October 30. A billion candle-power Government lighthouse, throwing a light 200 miles. is being erected nn the Bummit or Mount Africa, outside Dijon. It is 1500 feet high, nv# is to guide airmen on the Italian- African routes.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9373, 31 October 1921, Page 5
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