OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS
SOLDIERS’ TEA RATION (To the Editor.) Sir, —Could you spare me a small space in your paper for the following letter in regard to the soldiers’ tea ration? My son came home on furlough and brought his ration coupons, but on presenting them at the store was told he could not get his tea until it was half a pound. Therefore, as a soldier only comes on furlough every three months, it means we have to wait three months before we can get his tea ration and in the meantime, although one •does not begrudge the soldier a cup of tea, we ran right out of tea. My son presented his coupons at a shop and as one of the assistants was about to give him the tea, the manager stopped it. It seems to me that something is wrong. Why can’t the Government give the soldier a half-pound tea ration, as he is doing his bit for the country?— Yours, etc., DISGUSTED. Eketahuna, July 1.
Inquiries made in Masterton regarding the point raised in the above letter show that smaller quantities of tea than half a pound are being sold to soldiers whose coupons only entitle them to an allowance under the half pound.—Ed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1942, Page 2
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208OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1942, Page 2
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