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----__.. --_--_ A en Ht 2 ry since June 1942. Such be non-existent for all purposes, ration in Britain, vilian private cars now on 1939, Gasoline is available to the (doctors, ectc.); domestic situations 'cause of lack of other transporation complete ment of gasoline would cause real hardship. In essential to munity where, driving to and from the station or for a couple of weekly shop- ping trips if no public transporta- tion is available, USED AMERICAN SYSTEM The early history of Britain's rationing system reads much like our own. Within three weeks of a i SET NTS the war's start the English intro- duced a scheme including both basic and supplemental gas cou- Britain's answer to gasoline and- tire shortages has been to attack the problem at the heart. Pleasure driving has been eliminated entirely \ driv-re- i704 lates luxuries as horse racing have PATE NL ij been so drastically curtailed as to ' I practical Today there is no basic gasoline As a result, there are an estimated 250,000 ci- the road; as opposed to two million in four main classes of users: business es- sential to the war effort; service life of the com- farmers; "be- means of curtail- some rural districts, for example, gas is available for pons. The basic ration was fig- ured to give an average. of 180 miles monthly. Unlike our basic ration, Jowever, Britain's ration was scaled to the horsepower of the vehicle. Thus an automobile of less than seven horsepower got four gallons per month, while a 20 horsepower limousine got 10 gallons. On top of this 'basic ration, which was automatically avail- able to anyone who, owned a car, there was a supplemental ration for war-connected use--much the same as the American system, REDUCE RATIONS As war and'gasoline shortages progressed the basic ration was progressively © reduced with the largest reductions in the higher horsepower levels to penalize users of gas-extravagant vehicles. In April, 1942 for example, the lowest horsepower car's ration was cut from four to two gallons monthly, while the biggest car's was slashed from 10 to three and a half, To get his gasoline an individ- ual must apply to the regional pe- troleum officer. There are 12 such men for the entire United King- dom--which give an idea of how comparatively few cases are in- volved. The application must ex- plain not only why gasoline is needed, togethér with details of the number of miles driven on similar work in the previous .pe- riod, but also must specify the routes to be driven. The last is of immeasurable help to enforce- ment officers. Even if your claim to gasoline is approved, you will have to reapply--with all, the de- tails repeated again--at least once DED LONG AGO - set fs ft = 15 4H : every quarter, To discourage the use of gas-wastéful cars, no one is given more gas than would be necessary to drive the required number of miles at the consump- tion rate of 20 miles to the gallon. Gas savings have been effected in other ways, such as drastic re= duction of deliveries and pooling of commercial routes. Consumers were, until recently, restricted in cases of services, such as Jaun- dries to the one located nearest them, With the bettering of gaso- line supplies some of the more stringent commercial restrictions have been lifted within the past month, So now you can choose which laundry you want your clothes not to come back from for three weeks. RATION BUS FLEETS Savings were instituted in pub- lic transporation by rationing bus fleets to half their pre-war consumption, and eliminating cer- tain routes, In London, for ex- ample, buses are parked on road- sides during slack daytime hours. The saving involved in not run- ning them back to their garages approaches 2,000,000 driving miles annually. Taxis are rationed on regional scales. In London, where there are an estimated 4000 cabs as against double that number in normal times, taxis get 90 gallons monthly, Hired cars are pretty freely--if expensively -- available for trips within 10 miles of the owner's garage. . BRITAIN'S NEW ASSAULT TANK tan a" Te SHOP, RE ax mien er a 2 This remarkable picture of the AVRE assault tank was ta it sped into battle on the Western Front amidst other armour, The AVRE (also known as a PETARD) is the main' equipment of the Assault Royal Engineers, and is designed to accommodate a crew xplosives for demolition. The main arma- mounted in the turret which can hurl 4° against concrete blockhouses and"g#fier of engineers and special e ment is a special mortar great weight of explosive tough defences. Ss ken as "4 Here is a clinically-proven, two- "dway treatment for colds!. x sy i £5731 Cold Vaccine (specially Pe ared 444 to combat common cold bacteria) 4 with richly concentrated Vitamins S74 A,B, Cand D. relief from colds; VITAVAX d immunity to colds, Ask: t 1 Creary, KCB, DSO, MBE, re- our druggist; Roberts Biological cently appointed to command the boratory, Toronto. 2s | British Eighth Army in Italy. Lieut.-General Sir Richard Mec: NEW COMMANDER FRANCO FOE Dr. Juan Negrin, above, b54-year- old former premier of the Span- ish Republic, broke five years of self-imposed silence by declaring in' London that he would help IN SADDLE A Apparently fearful . that the Na tional Assembly would oust him at its January meeting, Ricardo Adolfo de La Guardia, above, acting president of Panama, de- creed that body dissolved and the constitution suspended. He took office in October, 1941, when a coup d'etat overthrew President Arnulfo Arias, alleged Axis sym- pathizer, now exiled in Argentina, The LUCKY DOG 8 Sale five-year-old fox-terrier, above, aptly named Jack, will get plenty of just that, barring legal difficulties. His former owner, the. late Mrs. Margaret Myers, of De- troit, made him- sole heir to an estate estimated at $20,000. Her handwritten will also provided that "whoever takes care of him at my home shall have free rent." EASTERN STAR od i Famed songwriter Irving Berlin, above, who toured Europe with his hit musical "This Is the - % 3 THERE'S STILL A WAR ON BU spn TOUGH FOE x : | oi Allies battling the German break- through 'in .Belgium are battling a type of Nazi fighter far more rug- ged than the members' of the "People's Army" who formerly faced tliem, If German caption on photo above made from captured overthrow Generalissimo Franco Army," is now on an entertain- enemy film, is 'true, the soldier is ' and 'help establish -a "stable, ment tour of the Far East, doing one of those who participated in tolerant and progressive republic" "| his stuff for servicemen in- lib Gen. von Rundstedt's . break- in Spain: . trated Dutch East Indies. through, pio HIS BROTHER'S GRAVE pxemen j on fo owel, it] After many months of planning, beginning to assist the Greek Government by of all kinds. Six months' supplies have bee with British Empire and American food supplies aboard, Photo shows M. Papandreou the 'to unload the first: sack of flour into a Scobie, G.O.C,, Greece, looks on. Military Liaison (Greece) is now bringing in supplies ] n arranged, -amounti ; to 700,000 tons. The first food ship, since the liberation of hi began, to unload was the British merchantman'S. S, "COULGORM"" Greek Prime Minister, truck while Lieut, Gen. $50 REWARD WILL PAY $30 CASH FOR EDITION OW TORONTO "A picture with a steamship in the centre slde of it, and a train on ) has an article on up-to-date inventions." Mont likely date. is March 26th, 1916, althou - tween September, justice in at stake, and the copy in needed to ADVERTISER BAST (Top Flat) 2086 QUEEN ST. WORLD CONTAINING PAGE WITH FOLLOWING an aeroplane on one the other. Remaining two-thirds of page h dutes range be- 1015, nnd. 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