British Rations: Abolition Of Points System

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 May 1950, Page 5

British Rations: Abolition Of Points System

LONDON, May 19 (Rec. 11 a.m.) — The Minister of Food, Mr Maurice Webb, today announced the abolition of points rationing as from midnight on. He said the abolition of the scheme would save the taxpayer an estimated , £300,000 yearly. Mr Webb said the number of remaining points rationed foods still scarce would continue to be distributed periodically in sufficient quantities to ensure distribution over the C °From July 16 the tea ration would be reduced from 21 ounces to two ounces weekly, he said, but the allowance for people aged 70 and over would remain at three ounces. The meat ration would shortly be increased from 18d to'2od worth weekly by the issue of twopence worth of canned corned meat. Furthermore, farmers on hill and ■ upland farms in Somerset and Devonshire were to be licensed to sell clotted cream from milk produced on their farms. Catering establishments in Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire would be allowed to serve clotted cream as part ° Mr Webb said the abolition of the points system would eliminate the use of about 25,000,000 forms .yearly, apart from cutting out the counting of 8:000,000 coupons. . The end of points rationing does not mean the end of the rationing of staple foods, such as tea, sugar, bacon and meat.