Mexico City, Apr. 6.
High Government officials told the United Press that no difficulty was expected in disposing the exproprinted oil. "The Government has already received fifty offers including British and Japanese," they said.
The Petroleum Council announced that receipts from domestic sales of oil from the confiscated wells were sufficient to pay workers' wages.
The Mexican court set September 29 for hearings on the injunction bill filed by the expropriated companies, Contributions were received from all parts of the country to swell the Government's indemnification fund.
Gate receipts from a benefit bull fight here last Sunday and contributions from several theatres which gave benefit performances were sent to the Government for the same purpose—United Press, Electricity Output in U.S.
New York, Apr. 6.
Production of electricity by the electric light and power industry of the United States for the week ended April 2 totalled 1,979,000,000 kilowatt hours, according to the weekly statement of the Edison Electric Institute, published to-day.
This indicated a loss of 7.8 per cent. from the corresponding week of last year, when the output totalled 2,147,000,000 kilowatt hours.
Electricity output during the previous week totalled 1,975,000,000 kilowatt hours, showing a decrease of 11.2 per cent, from the corresponding week of last year—Reuter.
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