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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 95, 24 August 1942, Page 2

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PENAJLTY IMPOSED ON OWNER FOUR COUPONS. A MONTH When it is necessary to supply fresh clothing coupons to replace a ration, book that has been lost, four coupons arc deducted from the rationing period up to the date of replacement. This information was given by Mr J. E. Thomas, Food Controller, last week when a complaint from a correspondent was referred to him. The correspondent said, that he had lost- his, ration book in August, and on obtaining a new one paid Is for it and forfeited eight coupons. "I.'f I had not uscci a 113- clothing coupons and had lost, my book later, the controller would have, by November, left me with two out of the 26," added the correspondent, "but if II had used an average of four a month before losing the book the controller would not have penalised me at all." Mr Thomas said that it might seem hard to do so, but some wort of penalty had to be imposed, when a coupon book was lost.' In this particular case the owner had been penalised eight coupons, covering the two months from May 29, when the coupons first became operative. Mr Thomas pointed out that if no penalty existed people could come along just before the six months was up and claim they had lost their book, even though they had traded in all their coupons.