PETROL RATION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20061, 6 October 1939, Page 6

PETROL RATION

INCREASE GRANTED MOTORS OVER 14 H.P. 50 PER CENT ADDITIONAL NEW COUPON ISSUE (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, stated yesterday that the general position regarding petrol supplies in the Dominion was now sufficiently reassuring to justify some easing of the present restrictions. “Tt was recognised when the issue of 10 gallons a month to all classes of cars was introduced that it favoured the small as compared with larger cars,” said Mr. Sullivan. ‘‘Now that additional supplies are available, it is proposed to make a distribution on a more equitable basis by allowing an increase of 50 per cent to cars of over 14-horse power (R.A.C. rating). Arrangements are therefore being made for the issue of a supplementary set of one-gallon coupons to owners of cars of over 14-horse power. These coupo!., will be numbered in the same way as as the present coupons and will be available each month according to the numbers as announced by the Oil Fuel Controller.

“The coupons will be obtainable from the post offices on and after Monday, October 16, and those numbered 4 to 8, both inclusive, will be accepted during the month of October.

“I feel sure,” concluded Mr. Sullivan, “that this proposal will be generally acceptable throughout the motoring community.”