THE COST OF PETROL
LESS IN HASTINGS THAN WELLINGTON. A motor car owner, who had just arrived in Hastings from Wellington, confronted a “Tribune” representative this morning with a poser which the pressman found it difficult to explain, “How is it,” said the stranger, “that in Wellington, we are charged 2s Id per gallon for first grade petrol, and Is lid for second grade, whilst in Hastings, the garages only charge Is lOd a gallon for first grade and Is 9d for second? This is all the more amazing to me, because of the very heavy railage charged for the haulage of the petrol tanks from Wellington to Hastings, which amounts to between £3O and £40.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 7
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116THE COST OF PETROL Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 7
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