RUGBY: The British Ministry of Supplylias ordered a census of laid-up motor vehicles in Britain to be taken immediately In order to discover what vehicles and tyres are available for requisitioning when necessary. Sir Kenneth Lee (Director of Controls in the Ministry of Supply) estimates the tyres on laid-up cars represent 10,000 tons of crude rubber.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 255, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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