MOTOR SPIRIT PRICES
WHANGAREI POSITION. EXPLANATION BY MINISTER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. "In furtherance to the Government's policy to introduce regulations fixing the price of motor spirit, regulations have been Gazetted for the Wliangarci district," says a statement by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. "Strong representation was made to me by resellers in the district to stabilise prices as price-cutting was disrupting the trade. The maximum margin of profit allowed the reseller bus been determined at 3d a gallon. In those districts where resellers have expressly signified their wish to sell at Whangarei prices, and absorb the oil company differential charge, however, the margin of profit will be slightly less.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 221, 19 September 1938, Page 12
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