INCREASE SOUGHT
PETROL ALLOWANCES /
APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT . Per Press Association. MASTER'!'ON, Sept. 12. The serious effect of the petrol restrictions on the motor trade and those employed in it were emphasised at a large meeting of engineers and garage and sendee station employees, embracing all parts of the Wairarapa. Jt was contended that, in the light of tho facts, restrictions were hot warranted. < Jt was decided to present a petition and to forward the following motion to the Prime Minister: “That this meeting of motor trade employees, representing all branches of the retail motor industry in the "Wairarapa district, strongly urges the Government to give immediate attention to the matter of increasing and stabilising the present petrol ration to private and commercial users. “While realising that some measure of conservation is necessary we would point out our livelihood and that of thousands of New Zealand workers and families depend on an adequate supply of petrol and the continued existence of the motor trade in general.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 6
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165INCREASE SOUGHT Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 6
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