SHORTAGES
Sir, —With milk, tram fares, petrol, and nursing home fees going onward and upward, and electricity short, I jumped to it when I heard there was a soap shortage. I gave my husband a 10-pound note and told him to take the day off and to bring home some soap or not come home at all. Now I am worried in case there is a shortage of beer, as our tank only holds 500 gallons. I am not worried about the shortage of strikes, as our Socialist planners have arranged for these. Neither am I worried about my holiday home to be provided by the kind Mr Langford. I realise these shortages mean the collapse of collectivism, but I am not worried. I am worried about a depression they say is coming; but perhaps the watersiders won’t unload it.—Yours, etc., WORKER’S WIFE. April 15. 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25160, 16 April 1947, Page 9
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