BRITISH FUEL RATION
COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME STATEMENT BY DALTON London, April 21. Dr. Hugh Dalton, President of the Board of Trade, stated that the Government would introduce a comprehensive scheme of fuel rationing. The coal, coke and paraffin ration would be on a points system as from June 1 and gas and electricity from the last meter reading before August 15 last.
Each house would get a ration calculated on present needs and in addition each person would receive a personal ration. He hoped the plan would reduce domestic consumption of coal by about 10,000,000 tons a year.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13624, 23 April 1942, Page 5
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