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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
2
An ad outlines strong box-grown tomatoes and cabbage, silver beet, and lettuce with prices and packing details from Ormond Plant Farm Pty Ltd in Victoria. It also notes synthetic rubber research, mentioning nylon invention by Wallace Carothers and wartime material considerations.
The record summarizes wartime deliveries from Britain to Ontario including 4 084 tanks and 831 000 deadweight tons of material, plus 7 000 air vehicles and 700 guns landed in Sicily. It notes domestic glassware output rising over 40 percent but a reduction in varieties, and cigarette brands dropping to seven from 47. It cites Post Office staff on loan to services, Commonwealth Technical Scheme completions, and training figures from 1935 to 1943.
The government outlines rationing plans through the Rationing Commission. Higher ratings will secure more meat including cubed cuts and reserved portions if bought exclusively. Coupons will control meat meals in public places, with some items couponed and safety measures noted. cod and fancy meats are excluded.
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