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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1944
Page
4
Summary of receipts and payments statement for the financial year ended June 30 194s. It lists receipts amounts and related financial figures in a formal government style, reflecting audit and accounting practices typical of that period.
The Minister for Trade and Customs announces the Meat Rationing Scheme effective January 17. Civilians will surrender G coupons from ration books when buying meat, with four coupons available per fortnight. The scheme divides meats into four groups A to D with varying meat allowances per week, and includes non couponed items, service member allowances, and special provisions for households and hospitals.
The chairman of the rationing mission, Mir. A.W. Coes, disclosed that extra clothing coupons issued to heavy wearers in industry totaled about 2,000,000. The real benefit came from lower clothing ratings, granting industrial workers more value for work clothes, enabling three times as much wear compared to clerical staff during long shifts.
The Screen reviews the British production In Which We Serve directed and starring Noel Coward. It follows a Royal Navy destroyer from launch to the Crete evacuation, tracing three survivors on a raft and the ship’s intertwined fate with their families. Also showing Bambi with a technicolor touch at Boyopy tonight.
Shipping tariffs detail letter and parcel rates within two miles of the GPO, city and suburban zones, and across the Commonwealth and British Empire. Rates include late fees, express delivery, postcards, printed matter, air mail, and various weights, with specific charges per item or per ounce and minimums. Printed by J. A. Eddy for United Press Ltd., Bridgetown.
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