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Show EVEN THE PREMIER IS HIT Only Allowed Six Gallons of Gasoline a Month by New Restrictions. Re-strictions. In England the private motorist Is no lonirer allowed to use gasoline freely. free-ly. So much is neded for military purposes that the new restrictions are severe. High and low are being treated treat-ed alike, and it is, perhaps, some consolation con-solation to the ordinary motor car owner own-er to know that I he prime minister and the speaker of the house of commons are allowed only six gallons of petrol a month. Mr. Lowthor, the speaker, con-not con-not dream of motoring as usual to Penrith, and Mr. Asquilh will be hard put to it to run down to bis Perk-shire Perk-shire home for a week-end. Mr. As-quith, As-quith, however, rarely uses his car in town, and can be seen any evening, unescorted and almost unnoticed, strolling from the house back 1o Downing Down-ing street. ' As for the speaker, one day recently recent-ly n traveler on the top of a South London tramcar bound for Westminster Westmin-ster observed among his fellow-passengers the picturesque figure of Kight lion. J. V. Lowthor, immaculately clad in a suit of summer gray, with a white top-hnt. Next to him was a carpenter, carpen-ter, burdened with the implements of his trade. |