NEW RATION BOOKS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 21, 20 October 1942, Page 6

NEW RATION BOOKS

Wellington First Day Issue Totals 7586 New ration books issued in AA'ellington yesterday, the first day on which they were available to the public, totalled 758(1 Of this number 39u5 books were issued from the temporary office set up in shop premises in “The Dominion There was a big demand for the new books at the office in “The Dominion Budding yesterday. About a dozen clerks were in attendance, ten women and two men. The consumer, when applying for a new ration book, must hand the old. one to one or the clerks. The clerk takes, the old tears off the counterfoil from the top in the “0”' page, writes a number on it, aim puts it away, while the corresponding number is written in-the top lett-lianu. corner of “0” page in the old book,.which is then handed back to its. owner, with the new ration book. The counterfoil torn off has to bear the name and address of the applicant, so there is a complete check as to the persons to whom new ration books have been issued. The new book contains six pages, labelled -“O” on each page before the serial number. The. first page consists of 52 coupons for sugar, the word “sugar figuring on each coupon.. The second page contains 52 tea coupons, the third, marked clothing, is cancelled, while the fourth page contains 52 “E” coupons. This page bears the injunction, “Do nothing with this page until told what to do.” A similar instruction is conveyed to toeconsumer on the fifth page—“F” coupons. The last page is reserved for emergency sugar coupons. This sheet should, not be used except -in an emergency, or when on holidays spent away from the usual place of residence. There is also the information that any sugar coupon available in the current rationing period may be converted to an emergency coupon by cutting it out and pasting it in the space provided. , , ... The issue of the new ration books will be continued at “The Dominion” Building till November 7. Thereafter issues will be from Howden's Building, just round the corner in Fa fish Street.