PETROL SUPPLIES
APPEAL FOR CONSERVATION GOVERNMENT LEAD URGED SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH. June 25. So far as petrel conservation is concerned. the attitude of the Government departments as presented to the public must be “do as we do. not “do as we say.” This point was made very clear by the Minister of National Service. Mr R. Semple, in the course of a statement in which he said the various departments would be expected to give the people an inspiring lead in the saving of petrol. “My appeal for the conservation of petrol is confined not only to the general public and private carriers, but to the Government departments themselves.” said Mr Semple. "Any official in a Government department ought to show an example and take the lead. We cannot expect a response from the general public unless we get it from our own State departments. The aopeal, in fact, applies to every section of the community, with special emphasis on Government departments, and that, of course, includes even the army, where big lorries should not be used where little runabouts would suffice.” -
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24334, 26 June 1940, Page 6
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