SETTING UP HOUSE IN AUSTRALIA
WAR BRIDES’ HARD TASK Recd. 6 p.m. Sydney, Aug. 31. Setting up a home is a difficult task for Australia’s 1943 war brides. Among problems to be faced are coupon expenditure, high prices for furniture and all household effects and the housing shortage. In Sydney many agents have had no houses, flats or apartments to let for nearly a year. The prices of some household requirements are three times those of pre-war days. Housekeeping experts estimate that Australian brides need a minimtim of 224 coupons and £250 tor linen and furnishings for a flat containing one bedroom, a lounge, a sun room, a kitchen and a bathroom. This excludes the purchase price ot floor coverings, cutlery and electrical appliances, and all are in very short supply. For electrical appliances permits must be secured. Items which cannot to-day be purchased include easy chairs, lounge suites, clocks, vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, saucepans, and kettles,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 206, 1 September 1943, Page 5
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