NEWLY-MARRIED COUPLES GET EXTRA COUPONS
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 17. Special provisions have been made by the Rationing Controller for coupons for newlymarried couples for the purchase of blankets and household linen, and it is expected that these will be available for distribution early next week. Announcing this the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, said that 78 coupons would be issued in future to every newly-married couple as well as to those who married since the introduction of clothing rationing on May 29. The extra coupons would be available for the purchase of blankets and linen necessary for setting up house, and marriage certificates would have to be produced together with the wives’ rationing books. The same provisions would apply to members of the armed services returning from overseas who were married immediately before leaving on active service and who desired to set up homes of their own on discharge from the services after returning to the Dominion. Mr Sullivan also announced that the special allowance of 26 coupons to -expectant mothers would be available for distribution from next week.
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Southland Times, Issue 24773, 18 June 1942, Page 5
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