CORRESPONDENCE
PETROL RESTRICTIONS
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —As no petrol restrictions, except for super-grade spirit which is used for aviation, are in force in Australia, will the Minister who publicly stated that "Cabinet had been especially asked by Britain to impose petrol restrictions in New Zealand," explain why only this country in the Empire has received such a request?—-I am, etc.,
UNBELIEVING SILAS.
In reply to the above letter, the following official statement was made: "While the New Zealand Government cannot speak for the Australian Government, it can be said that the facts, placed before the New Zealand Government by the British Government were sufficient to convince the New Zealand Government that the conservation of petrol in this country was a vital war measure that would materially assist the British Empire." j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1940, Page 6
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