SUGAR AND TEA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 22, 24 December 1942, Page 2

SUGAR AND TEA

AMOUNT OF RATION. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 24. Mr Sullivan has announced that tho sugar ration for January and February will be the same as December, that is 61b per month against each ration book, comprising 31b basic ration and 31b for making jams and preserves. The February coupons will be available from January 18 so as to enable housewives to obtain from the earliest possible date sugar for jam making. The allowances to manufacturers for January and February will also be the same as for December. Mr Sullivan said that the tea ration for January and February will remain at eight ounces per head lor each month. The February coupons will not be available until February 1.

TOBACCO SUPPLIES. A statement that there was a reasonable prospect for smokers receiving all necessary supplies of tobacco was made to-day by Mr Sullivan. Tho Minister said that although there might on occasion have been temporary shortages of particular brands smokers in New Zealand had been particularly fortunate, partly for the reason that under the administration of tho New Zealand Tobacco Board there had been a substantial development in the production cf locallygrown leaf and because certain shipments of leaf had been recently landed. Arrangements were being finalised for further supplies from overseas, and, although dilliciiUics of shipping and manufacture in wartime might interfere with the programme, thero was still a reasonable prospect for smokers receiving all necessary supplies.