British Petrol Price Down
(Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 11. Britain’s major oil companies today announced a reduction of a penny a gallon in the price of petrol and all oils except lubricating oil. On Tuesday the Government removed the extra shilling a gallon tax imposed on petrol for the duration of the Suez crisis.
The reason given for the latest decrease was improvement in supplies.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28252, 13 April 1957, Page 11
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