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FETBOL OOSfIBOL. A BCTTFffIiE DBAFTED. [Speciai. to the 'Him.'] WELLINGTON, Jtdy 2. p Ctihinef. within the nest few days will consider t-ho ■draft of & fclicine propounded by the Board of Trade i\>r the complete control of petrol and mineral oil product* during the war. In outlina the scheme provides for control over importations by the Minister of Munitions. When th» supplies arrive they Trill be distributed tir/miajh the. usual trade channels, pubjecfc to the control of the Board of Trade &nd in accordance -with a fixed scale of prices. There v-ill be re.-trictiors to ensure that e c *ential iiidustrh-s ■will rt-ceive preference, , but ihe private motorist, -srill not, I hear, li.no to e;o without, altogether. Tie m heme will, in fact, benefit, the private. n«er trnder tki "scars" conditions of the past fe-.r months this class of n jtori.-i has been forced by Rome orders to I'-ty exorbitant prices, under the 1 olicf that they were n>it entitled to -upHiVs owing to a savere. shortage. Tlue I :..pr'i---ion regarding suppliw is _ r.<& -r.-icth- acctir.ik'. I have b<?en officially .inured tbivt, there is no petrol famine, I Vl'j ih:it proper economy is ail that i« p
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Evening Star, Issue 16777, 4 July 1918, Page 1
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