BIG PETROL DEMAND IN AUSTRALIA
Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. CAXBER RA, July MO. Despite rationing at an esl imated yearly cosl of £240, 000 Australia (oday is using more petrol than before tio war. 6 Tlie average moiitiily consumption •>: petrol during tlie five years iiuinediat e!\ preceding tlie war was 25,795,000 gal Ious. More than 20, 000, 000 gallons wet« eonsumed last montli and 20, 970, 00! gallons were needed to lill tlie demands this montli. On tlie present ration scale it is jestiniated tliat 27,900,000 gallons anneeded monthly. The Supply A1 inister, Sonator Ashley, has annonnced that he is negotiatiiig j with United Kingdom for an additional ; 20,000 tons monthly. I Governinent advisers sav that the j eomplete abolilion of petrol rationing I would result in an extra eonsuniption oi 1 about 3,000,000 gallons or approxiniately 10,000 tons.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1946, Page 5
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