PETROL RATION
HALF COUPON REDUCTION [Peb United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, April 25. The Minister of Supply, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, announced to-day that the petrol rationing for May would be on the same basis as from July to October last year, when two coupons were available each month. The following will therefore be the standard allowances for May:— Up to 9.5 h.p., 4 gallons. 9.5 h.p. to 14.5 h.p., 6 gallons. Over 14.5 h.p., S gallons . Coupons numbered 27 and 28 will be current. “ The Government very much regrets the necessity for the reduction of half a coupon a month,” the Minister said, “ but in view of the international situation and in the interests of national security it unfortunately has no alternative. The Government feels, however, that the reduction will be accepted in the right spirit by the motoring public. “ I would like again to stress the importance of conserving petrol as part of the Empire’s .war effort,” Mr Sullivan added, “ and to ask every motorist to assist by keeping his or her consumption down to the lowest possible,level.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23869, 26 April 1941, Page 10
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179PETROL RATION Evening Star, Issue 23869, 26 April 1941, Page 10
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