PETROL RATION INCREASE
“ VERY UNLIKELY," COMMENTS MINISTER [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, November 4. “ I have no knowledge of it, and I think it is very unlikely,” said the Minister of Customs (Mr Nash), when there was referred to him a suggestion that the Government was contemplating an early restoration of the petrol ration to the figure prevailing before the last reduction in July. “ There would have to be a changed dollar situation before that could happen,” Mr Nash added. The Minister said he hoped the increase in the ration, already announced for November and December would assist the motor industry by removing some of its difficulties. It was still a fact, however, that every dollar used to buy petrol for civil consumption was a dollar less for the purchase of munitions by the United Kingdom
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Evening Star, Issue 23725, 5 November 1940, Page 8
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136PETROL RATION INCREASE Evening Star, Issue 23725, 5 November 1940, Page 8
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