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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS PA WELLINGTON, Nov. 24. i understand that a certain amount of unwarranted criticism is being levelled at the amount of petrol being consumed by Government departments,” said the Minister of Supply, Mr Nordmeyer, in a statement to-day. “In order that this misunderstanding mav be cleared up, I would point out that Government departments have in the main had their- petrol supplies cut considerably more than private firms or individuals.” .... The Minister added that in the case of trading departments such as the railways, those services had been cut on the same basis as equivalent services run by private firms. One exception was the Post and Telegrapn Department, whose services in running mails and maintaining communications was regarded as essential and had not been reduced. “All other Government - departments were instructed by the Prime Minister to make savings in their petrol usage, ’ said Mr Nordmeyer, “and the returns for a number of these departments show a 25 per cent, reduction in the October consumption compared with that for September.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26627, 25 November 1947, Page 4
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