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‘ ‘ PRICE, OF, PETROL. v : FURTHER REDUCTION. (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 23. From to-day the price of petrol in Great Britain is reduced by 2d a gallon, bringing the price in -.London .which is the' lowest , priced zone, to Is 4)d a gallon. ; •. :l .• :• ••-••• Two reasons given for the reduction are the weaker prices for crude petroleum in the'United States, and lower 'freight'charges'; ; But for the tax, the retail price of petrol from pumps would now be from 10-id,to Is Oid a gallon.-The' relief is welcomed by industrial users of motor transport and by private motorists. .' f ' ~- .w H i CIIUDDE OIL CHALLENGE. MORE OMNIBUSESS IN USE. RUGBY, September 23. The Crossley Motor Company, Manchester, have just delivered the Leeds Corporation their first all-British sel-engined double-decker omnibus. The machine will run 100 miles' on 2s 7d worth of heavy oil, as against 16s 6d worth of fuel for a similar type of petrol bus. ' The Sheffield Corporation has been successfully running an experimental bus' of this type for some' months. FRANCE AND ITALY. NAVAL IMPASSE. GENEVA, September 25. Naval negotiations that were proceeding here between France and Italy! have broken down.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1930, Page 6
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