PETROL COUPONS
NO IMMEDIATE I M PROVEM EN t T WELLINGTON, February 13. The Commissioner of Transport, Mr. Laurenson, stated to-day that no improvement had been made lately in pertol stocks and controls would have to remain until the stock position was reasonably safe. Constant representations for additional supplies were being made by the Government to the British Government, but the present stock position was anything but good, being a matter of hand-to-mouth. Shipments had come recently from South America and California, but an improvement in stocks, however, would depend to a considerable extent, in view of the dollar position, upon how long it would take for fuel to be available from sources in the sterling fund area. Mr Laurenson added that the Minister of Supply (Mr. Sullivan) was most anxious to remove the controls at the earliest possible moment.
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Grey River Argus, 14 February 1946, Page 7
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