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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBEN
SEVERE RATIONING ORDERED BY VICHY
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL?
NEW FOODSTUFFS RESTRICTIONS WERE ENFORCED THROUGH OUT NON - OCCUPIED FRANCE YESTERDAY.
Under these restrictions, bread will be ra- tioned to 350 grammes daily per person, su- gar to 500 grammes a month, cheese to 50 grammes a week, pastes to 250 grammes a week, fats to 100 grammes a week and meat |to 360 grammes a week.
There are 28.35 grammes to the ounce, so that 100 grammes is just under 32 ounces.
Although shops yesterday met with no difficulties enforcing the new measures, restaurants were hard put owing to the need for. obtaining multi-coloured food tickets corresponding to the au- thorised menu, while at the same time-receiving payment for meals.
Two Currencies
-་་་་་་ Payment is thus made in two currencies — ordinary cash and tributed among the populace, who little square papers equally dis- obtain their calories in an amount proportionate with the country's
reserves.
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and markets during the first day; as many people made mistakes simply because they were not used 6 to the new measures..
that
A Vichy massage says the population of non-occupied. France understand the need for enforcing the new restrictions and accept them cheerfully. Diners, good-humouredly chaff- ed harassed waiters in restaurants on the difficulties encountered: in settling accounts in both cash and food tickets. Havas.
NO LIGHTING FOR... RAMADAN FESTIVAL (SPECIAL TO “CHINA. MAIL"Y
No illuminations will be held Meat is only allowed on cer-
this year for the traditional tain days of the week, 100
Ramadan festival celebrations in grammes being used with 20 grammes of fats
Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian: for cooking. Sudan. People forgetting their food The decision was taken-in-con- tickets may buy fish, fowl and formity with the advice of the vegetables.
A.R.P. committee.. Havas.
The authorities did not enforce very strict control over restaurants
SIX-HOUR TOUR
THIS BED WILL BE A BLOW
Invention of an air-
ditioned bed with dial which enables the occupant to fill it with hot or cold
breezes is announced in U.S.A.
"A sleeper reluctant to leave the bed in the morning can be forced out by turning the dial to freezing.
!cy air will then sweep through the bed, causing the oc- cupant to leap out to avoid being frozen.
CHATTER CAUSE OF MURDER BID
SOLICI-
AT
GERMANY WON'T FREE OF RAID SHELTERS STOCKTON-ON-TEES-BAID OF
PRISONERS
A plea for the release of French prisoners of war in Germany is described by Germany as "un- precedented impertinence," S
THE PROSECUTING TOR IN A CASE OF~:ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ... MURDER
CHATTERBUGS WHO STOLD Sir Edward Evans, one of, the THE ACCUSED WOMAN WHAT. |.regional Civil Defence Commis- WOULD HAPPEN WHEN: THE
sioners for London, on Tuesday GERMANS ARRIVED night paid visits extending over These women would be dealt. six hours to a number of air raid with if only we could get hold of. shelters in London. He had them and bring them to... this long talks with the occupants of court." the shelters and with the War dens and Shelter Marshals.~.- British Wireless.
INDIAN GUNNERS
MISSING
Before the Court was Rose Wood, thirty-five, of, Swainby Road, Stockton, who was sent for trial accused of the attempted murder of her three children by coal gas poisoning.
An official announcement states. "The French people seem to have utterly misunderstood the manner in which Germany has been treating the French people. They
Prosecuting, Mr.Ta Jackson seem to have forgotten that after
described it as a pathetic and. the World War it took years and
distressing. case.' He said: ·"It' not weeks before France began Two men of the HK-Singa- appears this woman has been in releasing German prisoners.. pore Brigade, RA, - who have, a very neurotic and nervous state, "They should remember this been missing since Monday, have and there have been certain chat- before making inopportune de- been posted. as deserters. They terbugs telling her what would mands in the midst of war." are Badohur Khan and Zahoor happen when the Germans arrived Reuter,
Mohammed Ahmed.
here."
BRITAIN. INTENDS FULL BLOCKADE OF GERMANY
stocks they captured in the oc-
THE MINISTER of Economic Warfare had now nearly exhausted the oil spoke of the successful work of his Depart-cupled territories. ment yesterday when addressing a National Defence and Public Interests Committee.
The blockade, Mr. Dalton said, had achieved remarkable success in the first year
war.
Both Germany and Italy, were dities, of which large seriously deficient in such key exist. commodities as oil,.ferro alloys, rubber, lead, copper, téxtiles,
without which it was impossible
Clear Policy
situation, the Minister said that in
Turning to the European food Europe as a whole there would be no famine this winter and there was enough food to go round if properly shared out.. Although he had give much thought to the subject and had the benefit of much expert advice, he had been ses unable to discover a satisfactory watertight scheme: - which guar- [antées against food, Imports into any part of ensaved Europe find- ing its way into Nazi bellies,
to carry on modern war.. Al- "The lines of policy to be pur- though, Germany benefited from sued are clear. To succeed fully, the loot she obtained from con- they require the effective co-oper quered territory; the advantage ation of a number of countries, was only temporary and was off notably the British Common set by the loss in substantia). im-wealth; USA, and the Latin ports she formerly received from American Republics, the occupied countries which I see in this development were now the subject of blockade. * the beginning of -economia Stocks thus, seized, though-larg- planning on a world-wide er than he liked, were not large'
scale. How much more hopa- enough" to, add more than sonie ful-such a prospect: (seema: months' supply to the enemy's re-
than all the “futifo, fantasies":
sources,, MN.
of Or: Funk,"chi
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Proposals to relax the blockade seemed to him exceedingly "un- timely and Mr. Dalton added: "Night after night German nirmen scatter bombs, many Indiscrimin" ately, over London and other parts of our country. They re- turn after killing and maiming our women and children, to enjoy excellent breakfasts in German Air Force messes just across the Speaking of surpluses, the Mín- Speaking of the enemy's oil Channel in occupied Franco, Bel ister said he was sure that cer- supplies, which he described as glum and Holland. They feed on tain neutral countries would un- the key commodity," Mr. Dalton food stolen from the French, Bél~ derstand it was contrary both to reminded, his audience that the giang and Dutch their own interests andito the po Gernien war effort in 1918 died |: { "Why should we put more food. licy of HMG: that they should out, when oil supplies had fallen into the occupiediscountries, for /atening, Whyvshould we, accumulate large stools of goods to one million tons. To-day's them to z needed by the enemy and he add- | powerful, highly-integrated" but fighting for our lives, and atill ed that a Committee of Ministers brittle Nazi economy would have exercising command of the sea had completed an exhaustivo suri much higher die-out figure."-routés, bes expected to provide vey of the principal areas tfected Mr. Daton added that, his ex- better meals for tthego Nazi fly,
hights British Wirétos and leo of the principal commo-perts, told him that the Germans