NO CUT IN PETROL PRICE
RETAIL, SUPPLY RATES. DECISION AT WELLINGTON. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) WELT. INO TON, Aug. 11. No reduction m the retail price of petrol is being made, according to a statement issued bv the petrol section f (lie, Wellington Motor Trade Association. Explaining why the rebate of Id a gallon by the wholesalers is not hoin-r passed' on to the public, (he association says that- in November last, t’:e retailers reduced the price by Id without receiving a. commensurate re-1 d iction front the main oil corporations. > Many '.stationsi found it difficult to | carry on at this price, with the alter-1 'v I trading system recently introduced 1 the companies, whereby the credit i-m.s are- reduced to a half-montbly basis. Therefore the retailers find it ’m possible to pass on the recent reduction made in the wholesale price. Some service stations, however, are advertising the reduction.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 12 August 1931, Page 5
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