SUPER PETROL BAN
AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS SUPPLY FOR AIR FORCE (Reed. Dec. 8, 1.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, Dec. 8. No more supplies of super grade petrol will be permitted to reach Australia as soon as the tankers now unloading this spirit or bringing it to Australia have been dicharged. The acting-Minister of Supply. Sir Frederick Stewart, said the prohibition of the use of super grade benzine would conserve the Empire supply of aviation spirit. The prohibition would not apply to petrol imported for aviation purposes, and the embargo would not have the effect of reducing the total quantity of petrol imported,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20115, 8 December 1939, Page 8
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99SUPER PETROL BAN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20115, 8 December 1939, Page 8
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