BRITISH MEAT COUPONS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 5

BRITISH MEAT COUPONS.

' , . : «<i> ■ London, Ftb» 10. .: Lord Rhondda's-scheme for food conjtrol seeks to deal with a complicated i problem by means of a card represent- . ling both "value and the? v.-eight, of ' meat. The card i*' divided into coupons .-worth 5d each, of which three may be , jusod weekly for the . purchase of Jbntcher's meat, the fourth coupon rei presenting the weight used of bacon, . 'game, sausage, cr tinned meats. It is !' hoped that the run on butcher's meat iiwill thus be relieved. People who nr& 'poultry eaters will have at least 'two N ; meat meals weekly. . . j It is understood that customers m •., j restaurants will' hand over half _ a i coupon for each meat meal,, receiving j.ioz of meat. They -will then pay ! whatever 'charge might be made for tho _ I meal. The public will practically bib j prevented' from buying hindquarters, as , [the restaurants with 'big cooking'plants jean put those joints to more economical j'use than private people. i ; A meat rationing scheme-for London „ - j home counties, issued on Saturday, p_ro- ; ■- > iyides for the use of meat cards bearing i four coupons, each of which enables' (the purchase during a week .of 5d 'worth of -uncooked meat or alternatively lof uncooked poultry, game, or horse-. i flesh, ranging from-Boz to 12ioz, according to description, or alternatively 3oz of boneless or 4oz of. bony uncooked ham or bacon, or alternatively 6o'z to Boz of uncooked sausages, according to the m6afc contents. Alternatively any of the foregoing may be bought in cooked and canned states or a, sand•wiches or meat pies up. to between 2-Jqz «iid»4oz. Public eating housekeepers have to collect coupons in respect o!E all meals served. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food,' Mr J. R. Clynes, speaking at Manchester ;on Saturday said that-scores of small profiteers had sprung up, and were makine an effort to get an extra copper in the shilling out of consumers. They arri the iood - hoarders must 'be dealt with. He pre- . ferred company-deierters and conscientious objectors to persons \\\'o were : deaf to all appeals and wer P selfishly irraspinir money and food v or themselves ' The situation mifrht warrant some discontent, but not disloyalty 01* the threat to strike. Peace could not be cot by trusting to th e ™rcy of their foes. He did not beheve that. .. any section of labour would d-ishonour itself bv ' •asking +-H© Government to ■hoist the signal' of surrender.. WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH. After sickness—when the nerves are "all wrong" when body and brain are weakened through overwork, build up on Ceregen. This all-British ProteidPhbsphate food, contains over 80 per cent of proteid—vitally ■necessary for the formation of muscle,' brain and nerve tissue. The value of Ccregen. w proved by the fact that it is used m naval hospitals and military convalcscent hospitals in England ™d Allied countries. All-British' —ahvavs has been. Get Ceregen now. 2s 6d. 4s 6d, 6s 6d, 12s. From all chemiHs. 12* size contains eight timea amount ot 2s 6d tin: