PETROL SUPPLY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21576, 12 February 1940, Page 2

PETROL SUPPLY

PLEA FOR CONSERVATION

By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, February 10.

Stating that the Government was doing everything in its power to equalise the sacrifice entailed by the 30 per cent, over-all reduction in petrol consumption, the Minister of Supplies (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) has issued an appeal to farmers and commercial users to be reasonable in their applications, and to remember that the restriction are imposed at the request of the British Government for war purposes, and not for reasons of New Zealand’s internal economy. It was essential that the advisory committees should consider every application fully, and he appeals to applicants not to be impatient regarding what they might feel to be unnecessary delays. Many of the amounts asked for were far beyond the normal requirements of the applicants, and as a result all applications had to be examined in considerable detail.

Co-operation with the committees and the district controllers would not only help the conservation of petrol, but also vitally assist New Zealand in her war efforts.