MEAT RATIONS

Grey River Argus, 8 January 1944, Page 5

MEAT RATIONS

IN AUSTRALIA On the Coupon System <Ree. 11.25.) SYDNEY, Jan. 7. Details of the meat rationing, which will be introduced in Australia on January 17, were announced to-night by the Minister of Trade and Customs, Senator Keane. T’he rationing will be on the coupon system. . Persons over the age of nine will receive from one and a-half pounds to four pounds of meat per week, according to the 'meat group from which the purchasers are made. Children under nine will be entitled to half the ration. . Four coupons will be available each fortnight. One coupon will, enable a purchaser to buy in the A group, in which meat has little or no bone, three-quarters of a pound of steak, or fillets of veal, or pork. In the B group, a coupon will buy one pound of sirloin with bone, porterhouse, or bone steak, loin, cuts, or chops. In C group, a coupon will buy one and a-half pounds of back ribs or various cuts, of lamb or veal. In D group, a coupon will equal 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 or kidneys can be purchased without coupons. . . Members of the Services living at home will be entitled only to the civilian ration. No one will suffer from a lack of nutrition, because of the meat rationing, said Senator Keane. The Government has obtained the best possible advice on this question. The ration for each person will be ample for health and nutrition. .