MOTOR SPIRIT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 10

MOTOR SPIRIT.

■ REDUCTION IN PRICE. • TK&- 'vreTebme- is zaad« frQnt .yesterdaythe price of al per gallon, this figure being in respec of spirit sold at all service stations -in the City and suburbs. The nev price is subject to variation througl the fluctuations of the market and thi xight is reserved to make further vari ation without notice. It is stated tha the reduction is due to the weakening of the world's prices of spirit, while th< development of "bulk distribution hai also been a contributing factor. • REDUCED IN WELLINGTON ALSO A [THE FBESS Special Service.] :: ' WELLINGTON, April 4. A general reduction of twopence pe " gfcllon in the retail price of petrol i : announced, having effect as from tc •day. The.decrease is due to the sue • cess of bulk development, and is i •line with the world reduction, in pric ■ Jiow being made. ; A FREEZING AMALGAMATION. Four freezing co-operative oompanies ar 'to amalgamate in Victoria. Mr U. V < Kingdon is manager of the merger. It i stated that there is 4,340,000 carc&ss-storag capacity in the Stato, and the export la: . season was but 1,250,000, and it was nc ' likely to exceed 2,000,000. As a resu! several companies, both proprietary and c< ' operative, had eeasod operations. The effect . of the proposed amalgamation, it is claime .by the promoters, would be to clear up th present unsatisfactory conditions relating t ' administration and' finance. Shareholdei ; Would have a direct and equal interest wit one another i.n the operations of the centri . company. -. Lamb raisers were being asked * support a co-operative movement to obtai for themselves better prices. PROPERTY SALE. Si.Measrn J ones, McCroatie Company, Ltd., v I f Mrt having sold by publio auction in the; Wtd sale roorms, yesterday, on account < j-.Jfw W, B.- Fox's Trust, a section.of 23 i situate in Helton street, just o 1 Fapanui road, together with ' the improve I Spots thereon, for £3Bs, to Mrs Lanigaa.