Vast petrol dumps to supply the Air Force and other essential services in time of war are to be prepared in well-guarded parts of Britain without delay. Present supplies of petrol would be exhausted in a few days under war conditions. With the large-scale expansion of the Royal Air Force announced in the House of Commons recently, the need for adequate petrol and oil supplies becomes more urgent. Germany .and other Continental Powers have already created great petrol dumps, which are constantly being added to. Supplies thus available amount to millions of gallon!.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22628, 20 July 1935, Page 26
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