OCTOBER SUGAR MUDDLE
SUGGESTED WAY OUT Electric Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, Oct. 1. To meet the difficulties of shopkeepers who, prior to the announcement yesterday of the reduction in the civilian ration, had already weighed up sugar in accordance witli the previous ration scale the Rationing Controller (Mr Thomas), announced that retailers would not be required to re bag such suger into multiples of ten ounces provided the total weight of sugar supplied to any registered customer does not exceed forty ounces, that is, two and a-half pounds for October. To overcome this difficulty of reweighing, a suggestion that coupons 23 and. 24 be redeemed at the* value of twelve ounces each and 25 and 2C> at a value of eight ounces each has been accepted and approved, and lias already been adopted by many retailers. It must be clearly understood however, that replacements of retailers' stocks of sugar will be made on a, basis not exceeding two and ahalf pounds per four coupons, comprising numbers 23 t 0 26 inclusive.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15163, 2 October 1942, Page 3
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