NEW RATION BOOKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 3

NEW RATION BOOKS

PROCURABLE FROM MONDAY

The new ration books will be procurable from Monday next, and it will be incumbent upon every person to obtain one before the end of the month. Although the new books will be procurable on Monday, the coupons contained in them will not be available for use until a date yet to be officially announced, and no official statement has as yet been made as to the coupons in the new book and their uses. This will be the third issue of ration books, the first and second having been issued in April and October last year. The new books have been printed in three different coloured inks according to the- age class to which they are intended to apply. The new ration books can be obtained from all money order offices, and to deal with the extra work that their issue will involve additional staffs will be on duty. Special hours for the issue of the books have been arranged, provision being made for their issue in the evening as well as during the usual day hours: Details will be advertised. PROCEDURE OUTLINED. When application is made for a new ration book it will be necessary to complete a special form and to produce the old ration book, second series. Holders of ration books who are 16 years of age and over also will be required to present their social security coupon books. While a separate application is required for each person, the head of the household may complete and sign the application forms and secure the ration books for all members of the family. Applications for children under 16 years must be made by the parent or guardian. Members of the Armed Forces who are living out of camp are to produce a certificate from their commanding officer on a prescribed form, together with their second series ration book. SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK. In addition to her own book, a sup-, plementary ration book will be issued to expectant mothers. Application is to be made on a special form, supported by the third series ration book and a medical certificate from a doctor, ante-natal clinic, registered midwife, or district Plunket nurse. However, if the applicant already has received a clothing coupon card, no medical certificate is needed. Special application forms will be available at maternity hospitals and doctors' surgeries. Clothing coupons in this supplementary ration book may be used immediately the book is received, but not so with the other coupons in it. This supplementary book will be exchanged for a child's ration book when the infant for whom it was procured reaches the age of six months.