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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1947
Page
2
The Commissioner for Supply orders that Ration Book 3 coupons 1-13 and Spare C become valid for one pound of sugar on set dates from December 30, 1946 to June 30, 1947. Sugar remains the only rationed commodity with a fixed limit of one pound per person per fortnight.
Published by authority under the Defence (Rationing of Commodities) Regulations 1943 the following order is made by H A Winter Commissioner for Supply acting dated 16 December 1946.
The order defines Sugar as cane beet maple and icing sugar and applies to Newfoundland excluding Labrador and St Barbe and White Bay. Sugar is a rationed commodity exchanged only via ration coupons under Defence regulations and this order. Ration Book 3 and ration cards issued carry coupons, with black Spare C coupons valid for sugar purchases. Coupons must match specified class and dates as per the attached table.
The order sets sugar coupons overprinted Spare C and CHILD on ration books and cards, each coupon representing one pound of sugar. It allows residents three miles from shops to surrender seven coupons at a time for sugar and takes effect midnight December 29 1946.
Statement from the Public Relations Officer in St. Johns dated December 23 1946 emphasizes that a Canadian Press report about two T W A planes flying Boston to Eire without calling at Gander does not mean the airline is removing Gander from regular schedules. Weather favorable conditions and load factors may allow diversions while Gander remains a regular port of call for transatlantic flights alongside other carriers.
A National Health and Welfare warning from Ottawa links poor heel wear to loss of poise and fatigue. Doctors advise seeing a shoe-maker to repair a worn heel at the first sign of trouble to maintain balance and well being.
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