CONSERVING VITAL STOCKS
In the light of events since the entry of Japan into the war the urgent necessity for conserving available stocks of rubber is obvious, and the appeal made by the Ministry of Supply for the full co-operation of the public should meet with a ready response. As the Ministry points out, a glance at the map should be sufficient to show the seriousness of the rubber position. It is also clear that the prospects of obtaining supplementary supplies from Great Britain, the United States, and Canada are strictly limited. New Zealand therefore is faced with the necessity of making the best possible use of the stocks in hand, and this can best be achieved by a spirit of willing co-operation on the part of tyre users and the public generally. Any inconvenience which this cooperation may involve will, we are sure, be willingly accepted as part of the contribution which all must make to the war effort. Transport is the life of defence and of industry; and rubber is a vital element in mechanised transport. Clearly, the strength of industrial and defence transport must not be jeopardised now by any , diversion of vital supplies to unnecessary uses. j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 104, 5 May 1942, Page 4
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201CONSERVING VITAL STOCKS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 104, 5 May 1942, Page 4
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