Libera! Premiers Ask 3-Questions
AUSTRALIAN PETROL RATIONING
CANBERRA, Tue. (1.30 p.m.).—The Liberal Premiers of three Australian states will not agree to petrol rationing by The state authorities unless Mr Chifley produces convincing new arguments that rationing will help to ease the British dollar CIISI The Liberal Premiers, My Hollway, of Victoria, Mr Playford, of South Australia, and Mr McLarty, of West Australia, decided this at a private meeting.
An attempt by the Premier of New South Wales (Mr McGut) to arrange a private conference of all Premiers was unsuccessful. At the Premiers conference today the Liberal Premiers will ask the fol,'">winp questions: Why is Aus ralia expected to impose petrol rationing when South Africa and India are ration free? What evidence is there that unrationed petrol has been consumed in any greater quantities than rationed petrol by the average motorist? Can the Australian Government produce figures to prove that petrol stored in Australia is inadequate for the next three or four months? During the strike truck and bus fleets in New South V/ales travelled an additional 25.000.0 C? miles and consumed 1.500 000 additional gallons of petrol a month
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Northern Advocate, 16 August 1949, Page 5
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