"The price we pay for petrol," said Mr. W. J. Poison (Stratford), in the House of Representatives, "is SO excessive that it is time steps were taken to deal with the matter." The price of petrol in the United States of America and the (!ulf of Mexico, he said, was s|d per Imperial gallon, and in New Zealand one had to pay 2s 2d a gallon for it.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17029, 14 August 1929, Page 11
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