SHORTAGE OF PETROL

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23412, 20 August 1941, Page 10

SHORTAGE OF PETROL

Sir,—Vehicles using other than petrol fuel would not, of course, come under the restrictions, but 1 saw three different horse floats in various places last week, one of which sometimes travels ; to Lyttelton; and there is a good train service to that place. The comment at the foot of my last letter may ■ or may not be reasonable, but comment on the wasteful, useless, and practically empty bus observation tours was . conspicuous by its absence. I heard yesterday about the use of petrol for a certain thing which is so outrageous that I will waif till later, when I have got over the shock of it, before writing about it.—Yours, etc., TROT. August 19, 1941. .

Sir,—We.hear a lot about petrol restrictions, and how we. should saye patrpl. Private owners .and business films have recently had another cut in their petrol allowance. We also read Tetters-.'in the -various papers criticising the railways for running their buses. parallel to the railways; but What we don’t hear abdutia'nWHChroprietors J running their bus® B ' to- country dances—Okain’s Bay, Little River, etc. Buses are being run to a dance at Little River in .a week or so. As there are plenty of dances here in Christchurch is not running buses to country darites a drastic waste of petrol? Are there no restrictions on the quantify of petrol for buses? Surely it is.time the. powers ,woke up and checked up . on bus consumption of petrol. Private owners. and business firms have to :pay .for registration of their -cars and have their petrol allowance severely cut, yet there appears to be.no restriction on petrol for buses.— Youm etc.,- . ■i. KAPITO. August 19, .1941. / v