SUGAR FOR SHEARERS
Sir,—Would you please inform 'me just how we stand as regards shearers sugar supplies? We get 2Joz a day a man (which, by the way, is only sufficient for sugaring thin tea), but wtu.t about thin ration books? Our shearing is done in two lots, as in most cases, about three days for the first and -our to five for the second. I understand that the men, who come from a considerable distance, took the first opportunity to visit the local • rationing officer to arrange transfers to the nearest store, and were put off on the score that it was not necessary, as they wpuld not be a week in any one place. This means that an employer with a small household, as in my case, has to keep seven or eight men for six days on their own private supplies, plus this inadequate allowance. —Yours, etc., FARMER’S WIFE. November 5, 1942.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19421107.2.61.2
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23789, 7 November 1942, Page 6
Word Count
155SUGAR FOR SHEARERS Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23789, 7 November 1942, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in