BRITISH SHORTAGES

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 7

BRITISH SHORTAGES

Clothes, Cigarettes, Beer (By Telegraph —Press Assa —Copyright.) (Special Correspondent,)

LONDON, September 3. A reminder of the continuation of wartime restrictions is the issue Of now clothing coupons. Each person has 24, aud they must last (ill nex| April. Just bow far they will'go is indicated by their values': For men, a npn-aiisterity s!)it requires 20 i.-oupons'. (juy austerity .(Suit 20, ;t pair of troUSers 8, a suit of pyjamas’B, a shirt, with cnllars and tic; 8; for'wo men, a n inter coat 18, a woollen dress 11, For many people it will be a case of “make do and mend.”

The cigarette shortage in Britain has become more intense, and “No cigarettes” notices are becoming familiar. One reason advanced is the heavy demand for duty-free cigarettes for tlie forces overseas. It is suggested that these cigarettes are being used as currency in foreign countries, where they are traded for ail sorts of articles. Many of these find their way back to London, and the “Daily Express” reports that in a dirty, .blitzed cul-de-sac off Cutler Lune, in Houndsditch, jewellery, eaineras, rings, watches aud propelling pencils—some looted, and some bought for cigarettes—tire selling at fantastic prices. The shortage of beer tjlso continues throughout the country.