MULTIPLICITY OF PUMPS
A suggestion was made at the last meeting of the committee of the Taranaki branch of the Automobile Association that if the number of petrol pumps in New Zealand were reduced the motorist may be able to buy his petrol at a more reasonable price. In one small town instanced, with a population of 1100, there were no fewer than 36 petrol pumps, the speaker stated. Assuming that there was one car to every five inhabitants, this meant that if the trade were evenly distributed, each of those pumps would supply about six motorists. He suggested that an endeavour should be made to restrict the' sale of petrol to those legitimately engaged in that particular class of business, and he considered that the resultant saving if passed on to the motorist would
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 63, 11 September 1937, Page 28
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135MULTIPLICITY OF PUMPS Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 63, 11 September 1937, Page 28
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