PETROL PROBLEMS
HIGHER PRICES IN LONDON. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 23. The price of petrol has been increased by Id to 2s Old a gallon, compared with Is 5d last September. 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 sometimes without petrol for days. The Petroleum Department made the statement that lack of supplies is also due to the bombing of garages.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1940, Page 5
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93PETROL PROBLEMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1940, Page 5
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