OIL FUEL.
HOURS OF SALE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 2. Provision for fixing hours for the sale of oil fuel is contained in the Oil Fuel Retail Hours Emergency Regulations, 1940, issued with to-night’s Gazette. They refer to oil fuel as motor spirit, power kerosene or lubricating oil as defined by the Oil Fuel Emergency Regulations, 1939. The new regulations also provide that, on receipt of a requisition in writing signed by two-thirds of the sellers by retail of oil fuel in any area or locality, the Minister of Labour may by notice in the Gazette fix the hours at which establishments- in that area or locality shall he open and closed for the sale of oil fuel.
To ensure the supply of oil fuel required during the time such establishments are closed under the regulations the Minister is given power to vary the notice for the supply of oil fuel at the normal retail price as he thinks fit. Every seller is required to display during the hours he is closed a notice indicating his closing hours and the address of the nearest place where supplies of oil fuel may be obtained. A fine not exceeding £SO is provided for. in case of offences against the regulations.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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209OIL FUEL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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