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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 2. 13th March 1974

Oiling the Wheels of Profit

Oiling the Wheels of Profit

Dear Sir,

Isn't it funny how the fuel crisis has subsided as headlines or even news material. Maybe its because the fuel crisis is really a jack-up although the Arabs were a factor. We've had huge reports of "Arab blackmail". Now quietly tucked away in a few column inches is even more newsworthy material. Royal Dutch Shell increased their profit 153% (March 2, Dominion), Its such a jack-up of a fuel crisis that Holland and Sweden have lifted their rationing. Definitely not as newsy as those Arabs blackmailing us poor westerners.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Thompson.