PRICE OF PETROL
REASON FOR. INCREASES TO BE INVESTIGATED.
(Rec. May 14, 11.5 p.m.) Washington, May 13. The Government intends to investigate the reason for several recent increases in the price of petrol. During the past six weeks prices have risen a cent weekly, and petrol is now selling at 29 to 31 cents a gallon. The Department of the Interior says that further increases, amounting to five cents are expected by the middle of June. Vast surplus stocks make the increases difficult to understand.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ...
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 195, 15 May 1922, Page 5
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87PRICE OF PETROL Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 195, 15 May 1922, Page 5
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