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TOBACCO & CIGARETTES IN BRITAIN ALMOST FAMINE IN SOME DISTRICTS. I SHOPS RESTRICTING SALES. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright I 'Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON. March 31. A serious' shortage of cigarettes and tobacco has become general throughout Britain and there is almost a famine in some districts. Most of the London retailers refuse to sell more than ten cigarettes to each customer ; daily. Queues are seen outside shops.' In north-east England the stocks ofF many shops are lasting only' a few ' hours. A Board of Trade official stated 1 that reduced supplies coincided with i an increased demand throughout the i country as a result of war strain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1941, Page 6
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110IN SHORT SUPPLY Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1941, Page 6
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