SECOND INCREASE
PETROL FOR AUSTRALIANS
CANBERRA, September 5, Petrol rations will be increased next month by 25 per cent, on the September consumption. As the 25 per cent increase which was recently approved applies to September, the October ration will be 25 per cent. Cabinet made this decision after examining a report by the Minister of Supply, Senator Ashley, but the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley). issued- a warning that, with the termination of lend-lease. it is now not merely a question of securing sufficient tanker tonnage to bring increased supplies to Australia, but examination of -the position from the standpoint of dollar exchange. Mr. Chifley said that the tyre position remains critical, but reductions in the miiltary demands will permit of some improvement in commercial supplies. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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126SECOND INCREASE Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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