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Sat 2 July
BELL RINGERS’ OUTING
Bell ringers from St. Paul’s Church, Wokingham, and All Saints’. Wokingham, had
a day out on Saturday, when they rang peals of triple grandsires at Boyn Hill,
Maidenhead, Farnham Royal, Beaconsfield and Marlow.

“GUNNER WEEK”
Wokingham’s” Gunner Week”, held recently by the local branch of the Royal
Artillery Association, realised a total profit of £44 15s. 2½d., which has been sent to
the Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund. Of this amount £18 11s. 2½d. was raised by the
flag day.

LEGION FETE
A stall containing articles made by disabled men was a feature of the fete organised
by the women’s section of the British Legion (Wokingham branch) at West Lodge,
Wokingham, on Wednesday. Mrs. Harris, of the disabled men’s stall in London,
addressed the meeting. Lady Victoria Villiers (president of the section) was among
those present. All proceeds were devoted to branch funds.

OBITUARY, MR. BAGLEY
A retired school master, Mr. Reginald Bagley, of “Clopton,” Eastheath Avenue,
Wokingham, died on Monday, aged 62. He was at St. Paul’s School, Wokingham,
from 1922 until he retired in 1945. An enthusiastic beekeeper, he was at one time
secretary of the Berkshire Beekeepers’ Association. Mr. Bagley also took a keen
interest in the Wokingham branch of the Workers’ Educational Association. He leaves
a widow, two sons and a daughter. The funeral was at St. Paul’s Church, Wokingham,
on Thursday.

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Sat 23 July
SWEET RATIONING RETURNS
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Sweets off the ration since April 24 , will again be rationed from August 14 . This
was one of several changes in the rationing scheme announced by Sir Stafford Cripps,
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Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons on July 14 , when he opened
the debate on the economic situation. Sweets will be rationed at 4 oz. per head a week,
and the D and F coupons, on the personal points pages in the current ration books will
be used, each coupon being worth 2 oz. Those available during ration period number
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four, which begins on August 14 , will be the four coupons marked D4 and the four
marked E4.
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On the same day on which sweet rationing is to be re-introduced, August 14 , the
sugar ration will be reduced from 10 ozs, to 8 ozs. From last Sunday the butter ration
was increased by 1 oz. to 4 ozs weekly. This brings the total fats ration to 10 oz. as the
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margarine and cooking fat ration is unchanged. From July 31 the meat ration is also
to be increased from 1s. 1d. to 1s 4d. per week, and the bacon ration is to be increased
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by 1 oz. to 3 ozs. weekly from August 21 .
Sir Stafford also announced that it was necessary to reduce the 110 million dollars
originally provided for tobacco by 20 million dollars. Manufacturers in general would
in due course have to make some reduction in supplies to the public, probably not
more than 5%.

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