CLOTHES RATIONING ENDS THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN
(Rec. 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr H. Wilson, announced in the House of Com’mons that clothes rationing would be abolished from tomorrow. Coupons would no longer be required for the purchase of any kind of clothing or textiles. Mr Wilson, amid cheers, said he was satisfied that demand and supply were in reasonable balance. “In accordance with the policy I am pursuing of a general relaxation of controls, I have decided to take the final step,” he said. Supplies to the home market would not be increased at the expense of exports, nor would the requirements of dollar raw materials be changed as a result of the decision. Close control on prices would be maintained as long as was necessary. Mr Wilson estimated that the abolition of rationing would release for more productive work at least 10,000 people who had been administering rationing and handling coupons for manufacturers and distributors. Clothing has been rationed in Britain since 1941.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1949, Page 6
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