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At 2.30/5.10,
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 12, 1940.
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DIETRICH
Angel
London, To-day.
THE NEXT ISSUE of petrol ration books for private motor- cars will cover a period of three months from the end of January.
Apart from the ordinary supplementary allowances which, generally speaking, will be made on the existing basis, there has been some relaxation of the regulations in respect of large motorcycles.
This is
entirely
The extension of the basic ration-1 of the total flect. ing period to three months is evid-❘ false. ence of the Government's belief that
INTERFERENCE the existing situation regarding sup- They also gave a figure for tanker in plies and stocks is sufficiently satis- tonnage now under construction factory to justify a longer range po- England, with which they doubtless licy in petrol rationing.
hoped to elicit particulars which it Interest to At present therefore it is under- is not in the national stood the Government does not con-publish. template any further early restric-
The Germans can draw little con- tion of civilian petrol consumption, Isolation from the true facts, which though the position will naturally be prove conclusively that German ac- tivities have not interfered with nor- oil to tinued suplies and the essential mal supplies of petrol and carefully watched in relation to con- tinued supplies and the essential the United Kingdom.-British Wire-
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
In this connexion the Anglo-French effec- economic cooperation is fully
be-
tive and close collaboration between the British and French Governments
contacts has been assured by tween the respective Ministers con- cerned who have established plete identity of view.
com-
The considerable use
of
private
motor vehicles which
the
present
scale of petrol rationing in
Britain
less.
MEAT UNDER CONTROL
The Ministry
London, To-day.
of Food are taking
permits may be compared with the edict published in German on Novem-complete control of all meat supplies ber 1 forbidding the use of motorcars in the country on Jan. 15.
Meat rationing, however, will for private purposes and giving the
halt
motorists take effect until a later date. police the right to and question them on the purpose of tish Wireless. their journeys.
not Bri-
on
ITALIAN PLANES TO -BE RETURNED
The restrictions here are cheerfully accepted by the British public, which realises that continued supplies 'an adequate scale are only available because of the efficiency of the Royal tenacity Navy and the courage and of the tanker crews.
PETROL IMPORTS
of
In 1938 Britain required to import three thousand million gallons petroleum products, which meant that every day of the year three or four discharge at large tankers had to British ports.
now in The number of tankers
than at the commission is larger outbreak of war, when the total ton- nage was 3,279,000.
to
Total British tanker losses up January 7 amounted to 68,000 tons, or 2.07 per cent. of the whole, and
Tallin, To-day. Italian 'planes which were held up by the Nazi Government on their way through to Finland are to be returned to Italy, The Nazis, it is understood, decided to return the 'planes result of strong representations by the Italian Government.
this deficiency has been more than 2 DAYS ONLY !
-
as a
Reuter.
1
BIG PURCHASE › OF WHEAT IN AUSTRALIA
London, To-day. The Ministry of Food announced
made good by new building acquisi-yesterday that they have entered into tion and in other ways.
The same is true of the tanker fleet.
French
with the Australian an agreement Wheat Board to purchase 1,650,000 tons of wheat and flour.
Arrangements for shipment are in The Germans have recently pub- lished figures designed to show that hand and loading has commenced. British tanker losses/are 4.81 per cent. British Wireless.
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