GASOLINE RATIONED
(Bee. 1.5 p.m.) OTTAWA. Mar. 24. A speed limit of 40 miles an hour will be introduced in Canada in an effort to conserve gasoline and rubber. Gasoline rationing starts on April 4. Announcing these measures, the Minister of Munitions (Air C. D. Howe) declared that the United Nations were likely to lose the war unless they obtained adequate oil and rubber supplies since they require seven times the amount of rubber available from the present sources of supply. “The rubber situation is desperate; ; t is just about the toughest problem wc have ever had to face,” he. said. “Tii connection with the gasoline situation Air Howe cited a shortage of tankers as well as rail and road tank cars. ______
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 98, 25 March 1942, Page 6
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122GASOLINE RATIONED Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 98, 25 March 1942, Page 6
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