MORE PETROL AVAILABLE

Chronicle (Levin), 25 September 1946, Page 7

MORE PETROL AVAILABLE

-Press Association

■ " — . ^ — : * NEW ZEALAND'S ALLQCATION

ly Telegraph-

WELLINGTON, Sept. 24. An increase in the petrol alloeation if approximatelv oue million gallons a nonth as from tho present raonth, has >een allowed by' the Petrol Control loard of Great Britain, to New Zeaaad. ■ „ With 2,000,000 gallons in reservo iwing to consumption being under the illocation since Juno when rationing by :oupons was abolished, it is now con lidered the outlook for supnlies for liolilay niotoring during the peak i>eri6ds ;o come, is assured. Tliis increase, whicli was arra'nged by the Control Board in Engdand was notilied to Now Zealand by cablegram but uo ofiicial statenient is yet available. It was stated in tho inotor trade to Jay that the pre-war usage of petrol by inotorists before rationing was institutiid, was no iftdication as to amounts con numed today. Though tho first inonth al'ler the abolition of eoupons was jiarlicularly liglit und a' million gallons \\£ rc saved on the alloeation, tliero liad been some heavy reeent xieriods, notablv in the last week, when the ligures were -lyell up. The nuinber of private cars expected to be on the roads by December is estimated at 2-.0U,U()0. It is thought rna'ny of them will be driven over long distances and alinost to the extent of the limitations ii^ed bv tlie scarcity of tyres. ' N.ew Zealand, it was stated, was very favourabl.v situated as far as the future was coneorned foi jietrol. It was poixited out tliat tlie in creased allowrance would extend over an indelinite period.