State Petrol Monopoly Feared
NEW PLYMOUTH. Fri. (Sp.)—“The Government's action in taking onethird of the revenue from Government department petrol purchases and handing the business over to the newly-formed British Petroleum Company was most unfair,” said the representative of one large petrol company, speaking at New Plymouth. He said the Government had instructed departments in the South Island to obtain all their requirements in oil and petrol from the B.P. pumps as from next Monday. The practice in the past had been in line with other big petrol users who shared their business with the various firms. The overall trade with Government departments was a big factor in the petrol business in New Zealand, and companies were of the opinion that when the B.P. system in the North Island was capable of handling the bulk of business, a Dominion-wide monopoly would be established.
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Northern Advocate, 5 August 1949, Page 7
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143State Petrol Monopoly Feared Northern Advocate, 5 August 1949, Page 7
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