A coupon system for decentralising the distribution of food relief has been I introduced by the Minister of Labour ! and Industry (Mr Farrar) in the county | of Cumberland in New South Wales, i The coupons are being issued to the 1 unemployed, and they will he able, to obtain bread, meat and groceries from the suburban shopkeepers with whom , they deal while in work. If has been arranged that bread, over the counLor, or delivered, will be charged for at 34d per loaf and meat will be supplied at wholesale prices, plus a small percentage of overhead charges. The ; coupons are being cashed fortnightly J by the Government, which, by the I new scheme, is able to dispense with various relief depots. The Minister says the grocers have agreed to make a big reduction on ordinary prices. These will be a standard and will be regulated from week to week according to wholesale fluctuations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18158, 24 October 1930, Page 9
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