OWING TO THE CARTAGE PROBLEM Londoners this winter had tc purchase their coal on the cash-and-carry system. Depots were opened in various parts of the city where in exchange for pre - purchased tickets they received 141b for 6d. From these depots men and women loaded their coal into perambulators, sacks, bags and baskets and hurried home to light their fires.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1945, Page 6
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60OWING TO THE CARTAGE PROBLEM Londoners this winter had tc purchase their coal on the cash-and-carry system. Depots were opened in various parts of the city where in exchange for pre – purchased tickets they received 141b for 6d. From these depots men and women loaded their coal into perambulators, sacks, bags and baskets and hurried home to light their fires. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1945, Page 6
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