PETROL FOR MR SCRIMGEOUR
question in house (From Our Own Parliamentary Reporter 1 1 Wellington. This Day j Why, during a time of national emcr - j gency. when all sections of the com-, rnunity were subject, to a drastic ration - 1 ing of petrol, was the Rev. Mr Scrimgeour, director of commercial broad ; casting, in a position to tour the coun- ; try with a license entitling him to sn j allowance of 100 gallons a month? This was a question, notice of which was given by Mr F. W. Doidge (National, Tauranga) in the House of Representatives last night to the Minister of .Supply. "For the purpose of verification," sad Mr Doidge, “the reverend gentleman’, license entitling him to 100 gallons of petrol for the month of March was number 8398524.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 30 April 1942, Page 3
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