How New Petrol Cut Will Affect Resellers

Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1948, Page 4

How New Petrol Cut Will Affect Resellers

Pleasure seeking motorists _ would haye to stay hqme and keep off the roads, commepted a petrpl retailer in Levin yesterday afternoon, when asked for his views on the 10. per cent. cut imposed. on petrol saies. The extra cut would m.eap thqt he would sell 640 gafions oi petrol less in February than he did in January. "Hqw they worked it out. that it wa's only a 10 pey cent. cut. I don't know," he said, "The cut represents 25 per cent. of my s.upplies." At 1.30 p.m. yesterday afttinoon, he had only 28 gaUons left to last until 8,30 last pight, "My petrol tanks are practieahy full," ! he said-, "but I dare not sell a drop until next month." The majority of his customers were very |air, he continued, but a small percentage made "outra- ; geous" demands for anythihg up,to ' tbn gallons. There were a few wfio ,. either eame into the town with ' praotioally fuli tanks, or had beei\ ; to every garage in Leyip, and thep , came to his station to "tp.P up." Now guages were ins,pected and ; eaeh motorist "cross-e^am'ined" qn t his destinatipn anp, reasons for L 'travelling, . ' . "Some are very reasonable when ' rwe dq this, but pthers get' very t abusive-;W,'lie eondluded, Another ; retailer deelined to^cornment.-