DEARTH IN ITALY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 5

DEARTH IN ITALY

EVIDENCE OF INCREASING TROUBLE. MANY LIMITATIONS IMPOSED. iftrlltos Official Wlreiew.) RUGBY. February 10. The careful piecing together of Italian Government measures on the «-ri>noinic front gives a clear picture of dwindling supplies, rising prices, transport difficulties and civilian privations. Cereals, fats, charcoal, raw cotton, rubber, leather and petrol arc among the commodities in short supply, A census <>f the main foodstuffs ordered for mid-Jimuary Is believed to provid<- a basis for the new system of rationing by provinces so as to make the best use of local production and reduce transport to a minimum. z\ cash bonus has been offered a to charcoal producers f"r the first three months of the vear Limitation** have been imposed rm the (*0111.1111111: n (if taw- cotton, wool and leather .Standard types of shoes are *.<> b<* mimufiicturcd. a motor tyre rem ns luo been ordered and the small civilian prtr* l ! ratom has been reduced by T.i per Clothing price in- !;.■(*.■■• b<<m repeatedly rmnotinced S'.amiard ■ h<»-, moil have the p: ce marked on them Retail prices f,,r chiircon! and *he wholesale price of p<.tate*-s have been fixed.