STANDARD OIL

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14331, 8 October 1910, Page 3

STANDARD OIL

LOWER PRICES. A STRUGGLE IN PROSPECT. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Oct. 8, 9.30 a.m.) / ' .LONDON, Oct. 7, Tho Standard Oil Corporation has, lowered its rates because the Shell group refused to allocate to it a quarter of their 65 per cent, of European sales, also owing, to bvef-prdduotion and hiew companies,coming into the field, which tho Standard hopes to sweep out. ■Tho Hungarian Government is intro- , during a Bill to create a State monopoly ' of oil wells, as the result of the struggle ■ with trusts, ..... The Daily Mail describes Rockefeller as engaged -in a great life and deathfight for the existence of Standard Oil. Kerosene' has dropped, a poiiny, : and petrol.fourpencq,a gallon. , ,