PETROL RATIONING

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1940, Page 6

PETROL RATIONING

part of war effort "Railway interests have not affected the imposition or otherwise of the petrol; restrictions by one iota," said the Min-' ister of Railways and Minister of Supply, the Hon. G. Sullivan, speaking at Stratford yesterday. "It has been suggested in .some newspapers that the interests of the Minister of Supply have been used to serve j-he interests of Minister of Railways," said Mr. Sullivan. "It is almost absurd to waste words refuting the statement. The petrol restrictions were imposed to help the United Kingdom and the Empire in the greatest call of the day — the war . effort. "We are all united in this supreme hour of our history, and any decision is taken to assist this country's part in helping the Empire and the British Commonwealth of Nations in the war. "It would be inappropriate to conclude remarks such as these without paying tribute to the glorious spirit displayed by the people of London," he added amidst applause. "What that great imperial city is going through, not only its army, but the men, the women and the children, makes us almost kneel in reverence. "It will be to the everlasting discredit of Nazi Germany that she sent a ship. carrying little children, to the bottom of the sea," he concluded.