PRICE OF PETROL.
INCREASE AT HOME
(Rcc. 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 23. The price of petrol has been increased a penny to 2s 0)d a gallon, compared with Is 5d last September. Motorists in some parts of London are finding it difficult to obtain petrol rations; garages explain they are unable to get normal supplies,'partly because lorry drivers refuse to work during raids.
Garages in outlying districts are sometimes without petrol for days. The Petroleum Department has made a. statement that the lack of supplies is also due to the bombing of garages.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 8
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93PRICE OF PETROL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 8
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