ROIDAY, 2-IL 8, 1974
OIL SUPPLIES UNIT TO CONTINUE ON PERMANENT BASIS-
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THE OIL SUPPLIES UNIT IS TO CONTINUE ON A PERMANENT BASIS
AS A NEW DIVISION OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, IT
WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
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MR. ROY PORTER, THE DIRECTOR OF OIL SUPPLIES, HAS RETURNED
TO THE DEPARTMENT TO ACT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY CÁDMINISTRATION AND INDUSTRY). HE REPLACES MR. JAMES
MCGREGOR WHO IS NOW THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
MR. PORTER'S NEW RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE OVERSIGHT OF
OIL SUPPLIES, AND THERE WILL BE NO SLACKENING OFF IN THE FUEL
CONSERVATION DRIVE.
+THERE IS STILL A WORLD SHORTAGE OF FUEL, AND IT WOULD BE
PREMATURE TO RELAX OUR EFFORTS TO ECONOMISE AT THIS STAGE, HE
STRESSED.
MR. PORTER POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES
AND SYSTEMS FOR DEALING WITH THE OIL SUPPLY SITUATION WERE NOW
WELL ESTABLISHED, AND THIS ENABLED SOME REORGANISATION TO
TAKE PLACE.
+WHEN THE OIL SUPPLIES UNIT WAS CREATED IT WAS NOT KNOWN
HOW LONG IT WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION, + HE ADDED. +1T
HAS NOW BEEN DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD FORM A NEW DIVISION OF THE
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.+
MR. ALEC PURVES WILL ACT AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TO HEAD THE OIL SUPPLIES DIVISION. HE HAS SERVED WITH THE OIL SUPPLIES UNIT SINCE IT WAS SET UP LAST NOVEMBER
FOLLOWING THE CUTBACK IN OIL PRODUCTION.
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