PETROL PRICE RISE
LONDON RATIONS SHORT DISTRIBUTION HOLD-UPS (News by Cable.) LONDON, Sept. 23. The price of petrol has ,been iu creased Id to 2s Old a gallon,, compared with Is 5d last September. Motorists in some parts of'London are finding it difficult to obtain petrol rations, Garage proprietors explain they are unable to get normal supplies partly because lorry lorry drivers refuse to work during raids. Garages in the outlying districts are sometimes without petrol for days. The Petroleum Department issued a statement to the effect that lack of supplies is also due to the bombing of garages.
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Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 315, 25 September 1940, Page 3
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