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WELLINGTON, Sept. 9. The Dominion saies of petrol had defmitely fallexi off duving the past week; said a representative of the Petrol Resellers' Assoeiation todav but it was too soon yet to estimate by what percentage. The overall picture was obscured by a heavy but short lived supp'ly.of "petrol in eontainers vvhicb had magnified consumption figures and niight. still be giving rise to a false impression of saving by individual motor ists. To encourage a voluntary system of rationing, the Government, it was expfected, aeting pn tlie advice of the assoeiation, would shortly bring out a week to week petroi cohsumption bulletin. The assoeiaPon 's representative did not thi'nk the recent relaxaticn oftyre restrictions hacl ' Jed to any considerable inerease of traffie on the roads.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 September 1947, Page 7
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