PETROL RATION

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21448, 12 September 1939, Page 10

PETROL RATION

COUPONS TO BE ISJUEED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, September 11. Tire oil fuel controller stated to-day that a simple coupon system had been worked out for the proposed ration of 10 gallons of petrol a month to private cars. Registered owners of private cars desiring to obtain petrol should first obtain supplies of coupons from the post office where they obtained the current year’s number-plates. They will be required to give the current registration numbers of their cars and sign the official record card in the post office. Coupons will be issued in sets numbered from one to 48, and an announcement will be made before the beginning of each month giving the coupon numbers for which petrol will be supplied during that month. Each coupon will entitle the holder to purchase two gallons of petrol from any station during the month for which it applies. For the current month of September coupons one to three will be accepted. Coupons with these numbers will not be accepted after the end of September. Motor-cyclists may receive special coupons in the same way as car owners, but in their case each coupon will entitle them to purchase only one gallon. Coupons numbered one to three will also be accepted from motorcyclists during September. Each set of coupons will go with the car or the motor-cycle in connection with which it is issued, and when cars or motor-cycles are sold or traded in the coupons should be handed over with the vehicle. Coupons will be available for issue from post offices as from Friday next.