Supplementary Priorities Sealed
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INSTRUCTIONS have been issued by the Minister of Transport to Regional Transport Commissioners concerning the issue of supplementary fuel rations for goods vehicles. The underlying principle is that supplementary rations should he allowed only where the use of road transport cannot be avoided. Small C-licence • vehicles. of less. than I ton unladen weight may be granted supplementary rations only in exceptional circumstances.
The scale of priorities is as follows: bulk movement of essential foods: retail delivery of milk, other basic foods in rural areas or areas far from shops, seeds and raw materials necessary for food production or processing, medical supplies, materials for the steel industry. activities related to coal production,' delivery of house• coal, and newsprint and newspapers. Aand B-licensed vehicles are to be preferred to C-licence: ESSO CHIEF CAUTIONS QIR LEONARD SINCLAIR, head of
the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., said on Tuesday that the impact of rationing could be reduced if both industrial and domestic consumers "limit their purchases to the essential minimum, and do not resort to panic buying." ,