AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. ENCOURAGING *OCAL MANUFACTURES SYDNEY, October 20. (Received October 20, at 12,5 p.m.) A Bill readied the third stage in the Assembly compelling local and municipal'bodies to give preference to Australian-made goods. PETROL PRICES MELBOURNE, October 20. (Received October 20, at 12.30 p.m.) Following the increase in the tariff on petrol, Air Bruce recently announced that if the importing companies raised the price to meet the increased duties steps-would be taken through tho Commonwealth oil refining organisation to combat it. A rise m prices has follov'ed, and Dr Earle Page has reiterated Mr Bruce’s statement. Cabinet is now organising a scheme to carry it into effect.
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Evening Star, Issue 19385, 20 October 1926, Page 6
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111AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Evening Star, Issue 19385, 20 October 1926, Page 6
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