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The BombervPress
in Great Britain
Travel nt;any time in another coun
,lry is exceedingly interesting, bit
the privilege of travelling as we did
in Britain iiiwartime isan experience
enjoyed by few.
One item on the list of instructions
givenus before we started read as
follows: "It must always be remem
bered that the British Isles are .very
definitely in ",the war zone, and that a
party such as this moves in accord-
ance with the jestructjone of the
We.:of€ise,"
On every band 'there. is ,evidence
that yon are in the war zone. There
are plenty of signs of preparation to
repel an invader at It moment's notice.
Obstructions have been placed in
fields,.. or other .placesthat might
be used as a landing spot•for'enemy
lanes and material has been ee a
'Aimee, p p t
'ed and placers in readiness be snake bar
rieades or obstructions at strategic
points on the roads and;liighways.}
and finally piling in anywhere, stand-
ing up for the journey, and blocking
the corridor, if there is one, with the
baggage.
15 is taken ,as a matter of course
th<t most of the trains are late, pro-
- bably due' to delays caused by over-
t crowding. A. ticket must be shown be-
foie anyone can get on to the station
platform. This ticket is taken up
when leaving the form at the destin-
ation. However, platform tickets niay
be purchased which entitle to the hid-
_ des to go onto the platform to meet
are say good-bye to e visitor,
' EYerything is different from peace-
tilne travel, in fact travel is discour-
aged ilgw as tineli a pois1bO, There
are signs at oven/ station breeding
"Is yoln lo711ey really necesssal'y?j
' "Ai1 trams are overcrowded, , no
meals are now served on then, and
reservations Of space are very dif-
ficult, Their system of reserving' a
comliartmeiit is to paste on the door.
a
Sticker teed, "Reserved." If there
are se%•eral of these on the train it is
dlfficelt'to find out which reserved;
compartment is yours.
Travellers. must now look after
their own baggage. The English rail-
ways have never adopted the Cana-
dian system of cheeldng baggage. Be -
for the war there were many porters
to look after the baggage. John L.
Stoddard, famous world traveller and
lecturer, was so impressed with these
English porters that he wrote '°
the hosr of uniformed porters, wh s
spring forth to assist on the arrival
of the train, relieving us of bags and
parcels bring our baggage from the
van, calling a' cab, •assisting us into
it with our satchels, and telling the
driver our destination; all of which
is so quietly and quickly done that
were I asked to name a specimen of
almost perfect service, I should say
'that of an English railroad porter.,"
Today, there are no porters, and the
traveller rushes desperately along the
side of the train, peering into the com-
partments, looking for a vacant seat,
The usual; place names have lis-
appeared from the stations. In their
'places are very small printed signs,
.which are very hard to see- or read.
The traveller must therefore listen
carefully to the game called put at
the stops, and take care khat hie rs
not taken past his or hex deetinetion.�
I Wartime restrictions have made al
big change in' the ieelieellers. thelnsel-1
vas, who now are very friendly ami'
will frequently rents van there** lloi' 1i
, , q Y�. kl�1el1�
with other' tlr ell rs wl
platesti ngels. .!are several street car lines, such as
IWe saw very few signs of.damage
to the railways, but were told, when 1the one on the Old:Kent Road. These
we expressed our surprise, that all look very strange to Canadian eyes
such damage had been quickly repair-
+�as they are double deck street ears,
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lighted at'all times.
Bus travel, although greatly re-
stricted, due to. the need of so' many
buses fortransporting munition woe -
kers, is still carrying on.
Duffing the first few weeks we were:
there, we, travelled 1930 miles in our
own private bus. We found it most
difficult to know where we were as
all place signs have they/Jeered. We
frequently Went through large places.
without the least idea of their names.
It gives one a feeling of bafflement
when it seems impossiele to find out
the names of the places.
One day we ,stopped in a` small
settlement. Seeing a young boy at
the side of the road we asked him the
name of the place. lie had evidently
been well trained, because he answer-
ed that he did not know. Some of
per bile eeeyel4 was done at night and
it n1 saye wits aina$ing to us .how the
blip driver „mild find his Wary 59 well
i}l tfie l)as'li1 •
While most of the surface trans-'
1 iport in London is by omnibus, there
r@d and are operated "with hand brakes.
The street ears in Blackpool, how-
' tt blecitcrit tiineoF gdatde snake ever, are very smart and modern.
(sure that ell wiiich:Me are- coveted,'
'although in most compartments there most cities taxies are not run-
1is very little light, only about enough /lin_g, or are very hard to get. In
London, however, they are fairly
to enable one to get in or out with-
lout
ith!out walking on other people's feet. plentiful. They looked very old lash,
Usually there is' only one dim light in toned to' us, but are efficient and
a compartment, and that is almost eau "turn on a dime,
concealed with a metal reflector. . Bicycles are still popular in Eng-
Hotels carry on under difficulties, land. One Sunday afternoon we were
due to shortage of help and food taken through Runnymede,' (where
(restrictions. Guests are expected to the Magna Marta was signed), and
(walk upstairs if they are not above we never saw so many people en
ithe third storey, and to walk down bicycles before in our lives. Some of
no matter how' many stories. It them were equipped with sidecars
takes almost a week to get any laun- and could take out the whole family,
dry done, including the baby.
Few of the hotels provide keys Co Altogether, travel in Britain to -
the rooms, yet nobody seems to lose day is difficult, but not impossible.
anything. It was difficult to find ee-
1 commodation for a party the size of
ours, as hotels with room accommo-
'dation probably would not be able to
(feed us, or if they could furnish
meals did not have the rooms.
(The London underground system
seeme to have been affected by the
war the least of any mode of travel.
The trains run through tubes which
are very deep in the ground and are
reached by Iarge numbers of 'emulat-
ors or moving staircases. One much
appreciated advantage of under
ground travel is that it is brilliantly the British Ministry of Food in 1943.
Our experience gave us an insight
into the way Britain's transportation
problems are being handled.
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One 200 ib bacon hog, dressed out,
will 'supply sufficient bacon for the
rations of nine people in Britain for
a whole year. The bacon ration in
Britain is one-quarter pound per per-
son per. week.
Canada is sending a total of 705,-
912,000 pounds of pork products to
FROM ONTARIO MGR SCHOOLS
ED 011 FARMS 'this .Sitminas
FROM all over Ontario, young men in Ontario
sr High Schools and Collegiates are applying to The
Farm Cadet Brigade of the Ontario Farm Service
Force -volunteering their summers to help pro-
duce essential foods for victory.
And it's a grand way to put on muscle and build
up your weight. After a summer on the farm,
you'll come back to school in the fall—hard as
nails, brown as an Indian and Tann' to go.
You do all the regular work on the farm, and
that's an education in itself, but what's more im-
portant is that you make one of the greatest con- TUNE IN
tributions to the allied war effort that anyone can r'HELP
make by, helping produce food for victory. For WANTED+'
certainly, we can't fight if we'don't eat.
a CAC presanlalfen ptoducad with 1h
eporallon of 11,e Onlorl, Farm Service Ferro,
If you are 15 years of ageor older, register
now with your High School or Collegiate
-Principal for work with the Farm Cadet
Brigade of the Farm Service Force this
summer.' DO IT NOW!
EVERY WEDNESDAY 7.30 P.M.
CBC NETWORK
The Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada
offers for public subscription
$1,100,000,000
Fourth
VICTORY LOAN
Dated and bearing interest from' let May 1943, and offered in two
maturities, the choice
of which is optional with the subscriber, as follows:
ti i0,N/L.�r.n
fourteen -yeah
,.., 3% Bonds
Due 1st May 1957
Callable in or after 1954
Interest payable let May and November
Bearer denominations,
$50,4100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $25,000
411.-
Issue
1c
Issue Price: 100%
''4.y,
Three and one-half year ,
13/4% Bonds
Due lst November 1946
Non -callable to maturity
Interest payable 1st May and November
Bearer denominations,'
$1,000, $5,000, $25,000, $100,000
Issue Price: 100%
Principal and interest payable in. awful money of Canada; the principal at any agency of
the Banir of Canada and the interest semi-annually, without charge, at any
branch in Canada of any Chartered Bank.
Bonds may be registered as to principal or as to principal and
interest, as detailed in the Official Prospectus, through
any agency of the Bank of Canada.
Subscriptions for either or Troth maturities of the loan may be paid in full at the time of
application at the issue price in each ease without accrued interest. Ibear,er bonds with coupons
will be available for prompt delivery. Subscriptions may also be made payable by instahaents,
plus accrued interest, as follows:
10% on application; 18% on 1st June 1943; 18% on lst July 1943;
18% on 2ud August 1943; 18% on 1st September 1943;
18.04% on the 3%. bonds OR 18.37% on the 13/4% bonds, on 1st October 1943.
The last payment on 1st October 1943, covers the final payment of princips d, phis .64 of 1%
in the ease of the 3% bonds and .37 of 1% in the case of the 13/4% bonds representing aeerued
Interest to the duo dates of the respective instalments.
The Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept or to allot the whole or any part of the amount
of this loan subscribed for either or both maturities if total subscriptions are in, excess of
$1,100,000,000.
The proceeds of this loan will be used by the Government to finance expenditures for
war purposes.
Subscriptions may be made through any Victory Loan Salesman, the National
War Finance Committee or any representative thereof, any branch in Canada
of any Chartered Bank, or any authorized Savings Bank, Trust or Loan
Company, from whom may be obtained application forms and copies
of the Official Prospectus containing complete details of the loan.
The lists will open on 26th April 1943, and will close on or about
15th May 1943, with or withou,t notice, at the discretion of
the Minister of Finance.
Department of Finance,
Ottawa, 26th April 1943.
COUPON PROBLEMS AS ANSWERED BY
LONDON RATION BOARD OFFICE
Price Board Pacts
of Wartime Interest
Your questions will be answered by
the Women's Regional Advisory Com-
mittee to the Consumer Branch, War-
time Prices and .!rade Board, and
should be sent to 291 Dundas Street,
London,
Q. May I have a hat made to match
new Easter Snit?
A. Yes, if you supply the material
to a retail milliner and she makes it
for you.
Q..I knpw that the Government
needs metal to make munitions and,
for' that reason it's hard to get new
farm maehineryy but 1 .have a 50 acre
farm, my hired man is worsting in a
factory, and a new corn ' planter
would solve my problem. Can you
help nte. -
A. Why not rent the machine from
one of your neighbors.
Q. I have a house at a crossroads
village which has be duplexed recent-
ly. We have a soft water pump, but,
to accomodate our new tenant, we
Want to instal] another pump for
hard water. What are mY chances of
getting a new pump?
A. It depends on the circumstances
Present • your applications outlining
the facts fatly, to your regional of-
fice of the Wartime Price and Trade
Board and every consideration will
he given to it,
Q.:I am being married • soon and
would like to have a long rose col-
ored wedding gown made. Is there
any ruling against it?
A. Yes, if superstition doesn't pre-
vent you, the Government will, You
have a choiee 01 white orr'cream.
Q. Will tomatoes be considered as
a fruit to be preserved with our can-
ning sugar allowance?
A. No, tomatoes are definitely con-
sidered as a vegetable and so are
marrow and pumpkins. Sugar for
canning is --to be used for fruit only.
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Due Dates for
Ration Coupons
IMPORTANT -- Ration book hold-
ers who have not already filled in
their address under their name on
the front cover of their ration book
should do so immediately.
Purple coupons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and
7, each good for one half pound of
butter, are all usable. Coupons 1 to
6 will not be good after April 30.
,Coupon 8 is due May 1 and Coupon 9
on May 8, Coupons, 6, 7, 8, and 9
will not be good after May 31.
Pink coupons,'' 1, 2, 3, and 4, each
goodfor the purchase of one pound
of sugar are now usable. They are
good indefinitely. Pink coupons 5 and
6 will be good on and after May 1.
Blue coupon No. 1 (Spare 13) is
good for one pound of sugar for use
before June 1st with homegrown rhu-
barb,
Green coupons, 1, 2, 3, and (for
tea and coffee, are being used now.
Bach coupon is good for the purchase
of two ounces of tea or one-half
pound of coffee. Green coupons 5
and 6 will be usable on and after
May 1. These coupons, too, are good
indefinitely and, like the pink Bou.
pons, have no expiry dates.
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Trading Rations
Against Rules
The idea of "you give a half .pound
of butter anis I'll give you half a
pound of sugar for it" is definitely
against the spirit of rationing, in
fact it is illegal,
"Too often neighbors who don't
use sugar at all are tempted to trade
their- supplies for some other ration-
ed commodity -tea or coffee, perhaps,"
says W. Harold McPhillips, Prices
'and Supply Representative of Lond-
on, Ont.
"Even; though these people are act-
ing in good faith, firmly believe they
have a right to dispose of their ra-
tions as they like, it thust not be
done. A ration couponis a permit: to.
purchase_ rationed good if consume -
!time of such goods is necessary to the,
(holder of the coupon: Of course, ex
change of: rations within your own
household is all right, but with your
' neighbors.—no."
! Mr. McPhilips points out "the
idea of rationing is to use as little as
possible so the armed forces may be
fed.
Chart :Shows Cuts of Meat
Detailed charts to show you just
how much of each cut of meat you
may have for a ration coupon will be
in every meat store in the Dominion
when: meat rationing begins,
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
officials are busy putting the final
touches to the chart whieb are desig-
ned to show "Mrs: Housewife" how
best to cash her family coupons, Those
charts will show exactlyohow much
of every' type of meat and every
kind of cut which can be had for
ration coupons.
Preparing the charts are men ,with
long years of experience in the butch -
Bring trade who have the benefit of
experts in every field to help them.,
The job is a big one. The charts
must include all the information need.
ed for buying hundreds of different
cuts of meat ,
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Teachers
and Pupils
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