THE PETROL FAMINE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13673, 6 May 1912, Page 3

THE PETROL FAMINE.

THE SITUATION IN WELLINGTON. No Cause for Alarm, (Per United Press Association.) WFI.LIXGTO.X, May .5. The shortage oi petrol is not oc .ng ielt nearly so severely in M ellingtou in it appears to he in (Tri-tehurch, and it is staiod that if pecqile do not lose their heads there is no reason why the pinch in petrol should he more than merely temporary here. One prominent local garage announces that it "ill supply benzine and motor spirits to regular customers only in normal quantities, and for tluir personal use only, at standard prices. Other li: n: ; , ere jm.Hing up the price to 2s. am R...i! a gallon for outsiders while r; serving quantiles for regular clients at usual rates. The cause of tire trouble' is put down to a pure scare originating in Auckland, and people have bought and are buying as if for a coal famine. Inability o.i the part of regular steamers to lake up oil carrying charters is e.sseiT-d lissome as the source of the trouble, nhie’i thus starts from the coal strife, which lai;) up sti much shipping in the did Cnunt ry. There 1 is no real shortage now, hat if ilm frenzied rush for petrol continues there may bo. At present the Vacuum Oil Company's pries are:--Motor <j ir'.t 1"id a gallon, and benzine Is .5 Cl a gaHo i. Largely increased orders have to Hand aside for the regular normal ord'"'.., FINANCIERS AT WORK. CJi i’I>T(TIUPC' 1, May Xothing has changed in connect ion with the petrol famine, except (hat t );<> qii ■»- tity of motor fuel ha- decreased, ami the price has ircieased. The lowest inice quoted is -IPs., lint; seme hems are obtaining 455. One or two cars have laid nn. hut the number of ears has not changed appreciably. One ;;f the difficulties of the position i-; the amateur jin;;'icier who has been operating in petrol. A number at ) id eate people who received info: hint bn; of the approaching shortage a week o- ,n ago invested in pet rol, buying for (he ri- ■. These amateur manipulators are now holding for greater prolits. DATE CF NEXT SHIPMENT. AUCKLAND, Mae In ionim 1 ion with the pH ie| f.> mine i! ew.s ;,-cms,d n:! locally that the -term; a Hohcnfcls, which arrived at Melboev:: a e-1 arne.y oi route for Auckland, l a < Me: c:i-es of pi Ind a hoar, J for Ihi . ;;.n:. Th; iaermr Anglo-Saxon lefl Maw York oa April 25! hj ior Aiicicland, Welling!on. 1 vt--11 ■ 'I• i.■, and Dunedin. ‘•Tic has 4.5, 1 (lb cases of ml on board for Auckland, including Is,c:i,i ca-os of pci ml, and a properInmate cargo for Hie sent hern ports named. She is ,(!)<• here on Take -!(b.