PETROL IN BRITAIN
DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM London, Sept. 23. The price of petrol has been increased by ld to 2s Old a gallon, compared with ls 5d last Septernber. Motorists in some parts of London are finding it difficult to obtain petrol rations. Garages explain that they are unable to get normal supplies, partly because lorry drivers refuse to work during raids. Garages in outlying districts are sometirnes without petrol for days. The Petroleum Department made a statement that the lack of supplies was also due to the bombing of garages.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1940, Page 7
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90PETROL IN BRITAIN Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1940, Page 7
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