EXTRA PETROL

Grey River Argus, 14 February 1940, Page 2

EXTRA PETROL

ALLOWED FOR SHOW EXHIBITORS. AUCKLAND, February 13. An announcement that special facilities for petrol licences would be given to exhibitors to agricultural and pastoral shows was conveyed to Mr. W. F. O’Donnell, Managing Secretary of the Auckland Metropolitan Agricultural and Pastoral Association. in a telephone conversation with the Oil Fuel Controller at Wellington. In recent weeks, agricultural show officials have expressed concern at the effect that petrol restrictions were likely to have on entries and attendances at forthcoming fixtures, and representations were made by members of Associations in Auckland Province emphasising difficulties facing them. Mr. O’Donnell stated that, when the position was first put before the Oil Fuel Controller at Wellington, the Controller advised the local controllers that sympathetic consideration should be given to applications fiir special licenses for show judges and officers and that requests from exhibitors should be considered on their merits. This concession was not regarded as satisfactory, continued Mr. O’Donnell, and it was considered that exhibitors, more than anyone else, should have maximum facilities to send their stock to shows. The decision announced by the Controller at Wellington to-day was welcomed, said Mr. O’Donnell, who stated that if the names of exhibitors are forwarded to their local controllers by show secretaries, sufficient, petrol will be made available for them to attend events.