Tea and Sugar Rationing
lt appears that the rationing of tea uul sugar will eome l-o an end "iu the aot too distant future", according ro the May issue of the New Zealami > rocers ' Review. The Rationing Controller had anthorised his otticers to graut retailers permits sufticient to euable them to bnild three months" •lonnal supplies of sugar. An additiomil 11011th '» su[)ply of tea has also been inthorised. The eontroller had expjain -.'(I that it was impossibje to lift th-. present rationing restrictions until adetjuate stocks - wero held in all parts of 1.1ie Dominion. "The eontroller sliould be able to indicate the approximate (late wheu ofticial consumer rationing can be .iboli'shed, " continues the atticle. Wheu that date was d'etermined — and the adetpiacy of stocks both in the liands of nia-iiiifacturers and retailers must be the deterniiuiug factor — the controllesliould ease the impact of the abolition by incrensiug the value of current coupous during' llie precediug iwo iuoiii lis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1948, Page 7
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158Tea and Sugar Rationing Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1948, Page 7
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