PETROL RATION

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4483, 3 September 1940, Page 2

PETROL RATION

CLAIMS OF TRADE

STA BILISAITON NECESSARY A large meeting of employees of Nelson garages and service stations unanimously passed the following resolution : “That this meeting of motor trade employees, of the Nelson province strongly urge the Government to give immediate attention to the matter of increasing and stabilising the present petrol ration to private and commercial users. While realising that some, measure of conservation is necessary we would point out that our livelihood and that of of New Zealand workers’ families depeaid on an adequate supply of petrol and the continued existence of the motor trade.” It was claimed by representative speakers that the building up of stocks should now have been achieved, and that petrol was available from producing countries, while tankers were also available. It was considered that the comparatively small saving in sterling funds was not justified in view of the increasing unemployment among staffs, the loss of revenue to the Government and the restriction of trade generally. The meeting agreed that the proprietors could not carry even the present reduced staffs unless the ration was made more generous .