BRITISH PETROL RATION
I .8. LOAN GIVES IM REASES London, July 16. The Minister of Fuel (Mr. E. Shhiwell) announced in lhe House of Commons that the basic petrol ration would be increased, from August 1. by 50 per cent. The increase will absorb more than half the additional supplies he is able to make available as a result of the American loan. The supplementary allowance for semi-essential classes has been Increased by 50 per cent. Essential users have been treated more generously. Allowances for taxi-cabs and hirecars are increased bv 25 per cent, and lhe distance restrictions on them have bet ? -‘Mnoxed
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 166, 19 July 1946, Page 5
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