EXTRA TEA FOR AGED (P.A.> Wellinijon, July 18. The release of an extra pound of tea each three months to everyone 79 years of ago and over was announced to-day by the Minister of Supply, Mr. D. G. Sullivan. Special cards will bo available from next week onwards at all rationing offices. Mr. Sullivan said it gave him pleasure to make this announcement. He had been distressed during the war at the necessity of restricting the supply to elderly people, and the time iiad now come when it was possible to relax a little in their favour. Mr. Sullivan said he wished a general relaxation was possible, but the world supply position would take some time to recover, and meanwhile we had no alternative to restricting our total consumption to the quota allowed us out. of the general pool.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 166, 19 July 1946, Page 3
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