MEAT RATIONING

Evening Star, Issue 25068, 8 January 1944, Page 4

MEAT RATIONING

DETAILS OF AUSTRALIAN SCHEME Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, January 7. Details of meat rationing, which will be introduced in Australia on January 17, were announced to-night by the Minister .of Trade and Cus. toms, Senator R. V. Keane. The rationing; will be on thecoupon_ system, and persons over nine will receive from one and a-half to four pounds, of meat a week, according to the meat group from which purchases are made. Children under nine will be entitled to half the ration. Four coupons will be available each fortnight, and one coupon will enable a purchaser to buy in A groijp, in which meat has little or no bone, threequarters of a pound of steak, fillets of veal or pork. In B group one pound of surloih with bone, porterhouse or " T " bone steak, loin cuts or chops. .In C group one and a-half pounds of back ribs or various cuts of Jamb or veal. In D group two pounds of gravy beef, minced meat, or various cuts of mutton. Several types of meat, such as sausages, tripe, liver, brains, tongues, ox tails, and kidneys can be purchased without coupons. Members of the services living athome will be entitled only to the civilian ration. No.one will,suffer from lack of nutrition because of meat rationing, said Senator Keane. The Government obtained the best possible advice on this question. The ration for each person will be ample for health and nutrition.