POORER PETROL
COMMENT IN ARBITRATION COURT t P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 10. Adverse comment on the quality of the petrol now being supplied was made in the Arbitration Court to-day. The general opinion in the taxi industry, where petrol consumption is very closely watched, was- given by Mr H. J. Knight, secretary of the New Zealand Taxi Proprietors’ Federation, as being that the petrol now supplied is considerably less effective than it used to be. He had heard estimates ranging from 5 to 10 per cent., he said. “Whether that is true or not,” said Mr Cecil Prime, the employers’ representative on the court, “ every motorist J-come across has that opinion.” Mr Justice Tyndall: _ I have heard that opinion expressed in much more rigorous and impolite terms.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19410611.2.62
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 6
Word Count
126POORER PETROL Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.