Listen to episode 153 of The Adelaide Show podcast, which was published July 27 2016, to find out which story is fake. This week’s pieces cover food rationing in Adelaide and South Australia and reactions to food during war time.
Food Rations Enforced
The Register March 1917
Adelaide March 2. The Food Controller has decided to enforce compulsory rationing at hotels and restaurants, as the existing regulations,”based, on” a certain number of courses for each meal, have proved useless in “reducing the consumption of meat at those establishments.” The rationing will be based .on the scale which Lord Davenport has asked the nation in general to accept voluntarily. Lord Davenport is taking active steps to prevent- retail prices for food being increased beyond last week’s level owing to the import restrictions— particularly in the case of tea, in which a rise of 2d: per lb. has been announced.” Many. Labour organizations favour the .compulsory rationing system, which is also growing in favour in the Upper House. It is under stood that. a scheme has been prepared whereby ration tickets: will be supplied through the post offices. The chief objection of the Government to its immediate introduction is due to the enormous number of extra officials that will be required.
Ration Cards On Issue Today
The Advertiser November 1947
Almost 800,000 new food and clothing ration cards have been distributed in South Australia for issue to the public today and tomorrow. The 806 issuing centres will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The Rationing Commission has urged that the new combined meat, tea, butter and clothing ration card for 1948 should he drawn wherever possible during the week-end. A list of issuing centres in the metropolitan area and near country districts appears in an advertisement on page 8. To obtain a new ration card at an issuing centre each applicant would have to produce and surrender the name panel the front section showing the name and address and serial number of his 1947 food ration card. This would also apply to the case of a parent or guardian applying for a new ration card for the child.
Soldiers Mistake Pea Sprouts: Complaints About Food
News October 1942
The Army practice of germinating peas to make them more nutritious had led to continual complaints by soldiers about maggots in their food, said the Chief Inspector of Army Catering (Lieut.-Col. Sir Stanton Hicks) today. SIR Stanton described himself as “a man dogged by maggots for three years.” The peas were cooked with short sprouts caused by germination because they had a higher protective value. he said. However, many troops had mistaken the sprouts for maggots. He had known irate soldiers to throw out a whole tin of stew because they considered it maggoty.