• 1.9. 6~ 4!______ }~~-_?_._ AN APPEAL TO SCHOOLCHILDREN -- ·--------------­ . P~e ~s~_g~q_l}._e_c_l_Vi!.i).:.2---=) l B_:p ts n e_eded for drug_~ Country schoolchildren and Youth Service Squads have •\ been asked by the Board of Education to collect the leaves and roots of certain wild Dlants needed for the ~roduction of drugs valuable for war ~urposes and for obtairiing foreign exchange~ A leaflet issued by the Board gives a list of the plants which can be collected in various districts and includes nettles, foxglove leaves, dandelion roots, couchgrass and many others: The schools are asked to pick and collect the leaves or ~oots and deliver them at once to the local Women's Institute, where they will be dried and sent to the manufacturers~ BOARD OF EDUCATION. .. ..·-., It is learned·in London that:~ LIBYA In the Tobruk area two enemy aircraft were shot dovm by our ground def'ences on the night 7/8 June and an em:my tank was put out of action by our a;r-tillery. ABYSSJNIA.The advance of our two columns on Jimma is making progress. The > northern column has now reached Socorro, 15 miles S.W. of Abalti, Yihile the southern colunm has progressed 12 miles from the point at which the river Omo was crossed.·. In this a:cea prisoners novir amount to 3,900, "' MINI§TRY OF JNFOR!VIATION (:MILITARY AFFAIRS). 10.6.41. -· No, 7, ------·__,,._______, -­ _ AIR MINISTRY COl\jJjfilNIQUE. ~,--..__....,__........ -----· --~­ In daylight yes·ce~day vtldespread attacks on enemy shipping off the coasts of Norway.• Holla.'1'1.d, Belgium and France we:re made by aircraft of I;a;nber and Coas-'cal 0 ')j11Jila.'1'1.dso Visibility was poor and in most instances p:cev0ntea. the oose:".'vation of results. o:ur ai:ccraft encountered intense anti-a:Lrcra.ft fire and fought .several engagements ·Nith enemy fightere, Two of our heavy bombers successfully beat off attaclrn ·by six enemy fighters. They shot down one of the fighters in-co the sea and damaged sever-al of the others, one of which was last seen d:i.vlng towards the sea low do-wr. ancl on fire. :!'our ai::-craft of Bomber Corn.ma.'1'1.d are missing from these operations. TlJ.is mo:c1'tlng our fighters shot down a.::1 enemy brn11ber into the sea off "che went coast; of England., -----·-oOo-----­ . SJ'.RIA• The penetration of Allied Forces is proceeding satisfactorily and the general impression is that .Arab reaction to the arrival of our Forces is favourable. LIBYA. Some patrol activity in the frontier area. About Tobruk, the situation remains unchanged, ABYSSINIA. As a result of the Battle of the Lalces and the Battle of the ~~-I?Iver Omo, a further 45000 square miles of Italian territory has 1 fallen into our hands. In spite of great difficulties due to mountainous country, bad roads, and heavy rains, at least four Italian divisions have been destroyed or dispersed in these battles. .All major opposition in front of Jimma has been overcome and operations are proceeding favourably. No change. NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR USE ON CLUB TAPES BEFORE 0030 D.B.S.T. ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 111, 1941 PUBLICATION IN INDIA RAS BEEN ARRANGED :MR. JUSTICE GENTLE'S APPOINTMENT The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of :Mr• Justice Frederick William Gentle; at present a Judge of the Madras High Court, to be a judge of the High Court of Judic0ture at Calcutta in the vacancy that will occur on the retirement in September this year of :Mr. Justice I.DrtWilliams. INDIA OFFICE " J His 11.fajesty The King has lJoon graciously plen.sed to n.pprove of the award of the Victorin. Cross to the l..mdcrmontioned officer: ­ Second-Lieutenant Premindra Singh Dhagcd;, Corps of Indin.n :Cnginoors , (serving with Royn.l Bombay ;.:;appers o.nd IIiners) , Fol' most conspicuous gn.llantry on active service in the Middle East. During the pursuit of the enemy follovring tho co.pturo of Motommn. on the night 31st Jrum.. 'I st FelJru..'li'y 19l~1, ~)econd-LioL<.tcnn.n-c Bhn.2:0..t 'U'y / was in command. of n. section of a Field Company, Sappers n.nd Minors> detailed ,co accompany the leading molJilc troops (Bren Co.rriers) to clen.r tho road and adjacent areas of mines. For o. period of four clays crnd over D. distance of 55 miles this officer in the leading oo.rricr led t:ho Column. He detected o.nd supervised the clooring of fifteen minefields-, Speed ' being essential he worked at high·pressure from davm to dusk e::tch dD.y. On two occasions when his co.rrior WD.s 1Jlmm up witb oD.s uo.lties to others o.nd. on a third occasion when amlJushed n.nd undo•:· close en0my r'iro, ho himself carried straight on with his task. Ho refused relief vihen ·Norn out wi·ch strain cma fo.tigue o.nd with one 02.r-drum punctured by o.n explosion, on tho grounds that he was now lJettcr quo.lificcl to continue his task to tho ondo Bis coolness, persistence over o. period. of 96 hours ond gallantry, not only in bn.ttle, but throughout the lons period vrhcn the so.foty of' tho Column and the speed at which it could. o..dvanco vmro dependent on his porsonn.l efforts, ·were of tho highest order, Wjffi OFFICIB , Yesterday af ternoon an Me. 109 'Tms engaJ;Gd by H.1'~. S. BLENCATHPJ\. · (Lieutenant M.N. Tufnell, D.s.c., R.N.). •. The C-erman aircraft was sea IOt'!!lor~ we _e'.3-t thap 1~;(3 8-Ei:~d. • · , , .' ~.1. • · .L ~ . t ·. I_ think y~u ~vould like tookDOI'; about this di~t of oJ~!=l ~ : ·: ~~:rf;lt:, let me tel~. you, abo~t bread, . We have no ra:t~o:rling ·o~ br~aq, -it is plentiful and "it is cheap. There .is growing in thi~ country~-unde:J'.> the propaganda of the Ministry of ·Food, an increased appreciat ior1 of t:he valu~. :of' .wheatmeal bread made. from. an: 8-5 per c ent flour extractiori .f'r·om tlie yJheat'o ' . , ~ . •' ' . . ,. ':'[.., . , . '/ ..!. . >'J..·> ~· l. ·, ...:: • . • t. . ,.,r • • o : ·~ I (" M • •. o ; • • •: · '! " ',: Meat·, 'on the other hand,.. is severely fati'oned ;;_' 'ra:ti~ned by yalu~, and ·. no-·one can get mqre than a f?hillingmvorth :a -.,;reek~ · Generally, this ine8.!ls. ' :: about a pou;i):a .in :.:£eight. : ' Everybody' is treated· alike : catering est;iql;ishrnents, ~vhether Tac.to~~-cantcyns or luxury hotels, just ·get thb same 'tr~aim~i1t~ ... Butter and margarine are rationed at half a pound per person per Yreek ; bacon, a quarter .0f a pound; tea, an eighth of·a'·pound; and·s~gar . is ;.f~2C~d a_t 'half a pound, but &S We We:i;'e .large meat eaters 'in' this~'country a:nd.' vpry heary tea meet the health needs of the people -with ono or two exceptions Yvhich I'11 tell you about in a moment. · · · But mark; this -we ' ire not used to this diet and this is a very · important point• Of dours~ werre prepared for all the tightening of the belt thn.t .is heeded in·. ol;'d.er to win this ·war ·.~ a,nd naturally we 1re doing our best ' to aaapt ouselves to tho new coBditions. At my lv.tl.nis,Gry, ·we put out a daily stream of recipes, ~vhich.we .test first of all in a: simple working-class kitchen· -and Ol1T v~omen have responded splendidly. They've shovm . an. unbelievable -resource in dishing t:xp: the same things to look different. And not only look different but ta~te ·Qiffe:ren;t. There are limits to this, however .... limits to our powers bf adaptation §lndinvontion. ·You1ve heard often enough of the way ·we live under the stress of wo.r -of hard working days and blitzed nights -and in such conditions our womeni'olk have ·neither.~the time for experimont'.ing vtlth 'food.nor for elaborate evoking. They mm 1t go·on indefinitely ringing. the 'changes. . . . 1··' Our staple food .h~s been meat and when, in p~ace-time, people couldn't get it or couldn 1t afford it, they a:!Je cheo~m or canned f'ish. These things were the. central part of a meal at home -as , they. are. with you~ too. . . .. •. . . They were the foods working mo.n · took out vvith them for their midday meal. Well -now they can1t get these things: some of ,them everi.being forced ·;.• to live largely on bread and margarine -and tho re~u1f· is·.thn.t W~" do.. peed more of the foods which vdll give us variety. More meat, raore carineQ::.fish ­ ·.· we've not enough jam or canned meat or canned fish tor. tl).e women to make a sanaW:i.ch for their husbands -arid .that IS Yvhy the dock lci.bourers cheered Yvhen they saw cheese ·on the arrival of this Nnerico.n ship. .. · .·.·' . ,­ . But· it' isn1t · only these things we 're concerned about jinp6rdiant though they ·are. We .,are mart of dairy products, Perhaps you knovv-. t;h.at we get these ··· · things mainly from the. ·Southern Hemisphere -Australia and Ne~v Zealand, and to carry them th.J:.ough ~he tropics. fo;i:-these long distance.Bit 'is necessary to have refriger'ated shipping, '.Te hn.ven1t got enough of ,this· refrigerated .shipping, and. that is why {v-e 1re short of meat, eggs/putter, milk and, of ,cours.e, fruit." · · I have asked. Mr. ·Brand,, who hea.ds my Food Mission in ~wnshington, to see if you can increase you,r supplies 'to us of' evaporated milk. ·During the last,war, I saw from close personal observation the effect on the poorer classes in this country of the malnutrition caused by vvar conditions. I have sot myself the j611 of seeing that tha.t doesn't ha,ppenJn this vvar. ··;I have .i; ! . ··3­ I hetvc o.lroady :sto;rtcd a spucial scheme, e;ivinc; first priori:ty call to nursin::; r,1othur·s :..md to children under fivo. 0n our milk supplies. Y.'hcthcr thuy c;ct it or not docs not deplmd on -;rhuther they 0.o.n :..1.fford to po.y for .it. ·rt is there for them, o.nd so(10 · po.y ond sbE10 do nut. .. '.':'hci vo.luo of lifo. ~1as. nothing to do ',;rith the co.pD.city to pQ:.y• ..-.1; . : ··.. . 1 It is ,0 ::d:rpntl. s~hct1c·; , but ;for its succciss' it,depends upon _:t\ ·~ontinuoirn· supply of milk, o.nd that supply En.ist lx~ forthcomine;.. ·· .In. evor<.J ·t0wn in this country ­uv1..lry do.y ·· ror:::trdlcss 'o'f ·,irhothcr thu roD.ds have be8n bombed -re.::;ardloss of nhuthor comri1unications have bec;n cut off -thGSlJ children mt~st :\1d.VO thuir.uillc -and I ho.vo not e;ot cmour:;h uvD.porO.tcd .milk~ · -: " ,,,., · =···· I hn.vo beort r;ro«:tiy _d{bd;cd nnd on,couragod lJy tho rppo:Dts tho,t I have rocoivod from your Hinistor;'d:f A13ricul'{µro, Ii!'· \!ickard, of i;ho Qffor:ts".1-rhiclF your ·c6t.mtr-y ".c,-ill mo.Im to incroaso your production ·of thusu con1rnoditics in order to help us to meet our "1oods. r .; . ,· '.. ·. . ,·,. , I know your ·country wel'i·• h~i:v6, 'indeed_reason .to kno::r~. of\ ; your' wonderful 170.rm-heartod hosFitaiity. . U_any of OlJ.r ·chilaron are.: now oxporie:til.cing it in person. I know that your fannors 'lnll:st:J'.'ive 'to J h o 11ttern1ost to , [£et·dhdt incrcasua. production that 'iiill enalJlc thd children' hurc ~ in Di~{·bin, to OA.-poricnc o it fron:tho c;oods tho. t you send to us. ·~' J ',. :-. ; .. -. . . . .. l'f . r-·~ . .:'.".',,; . : .r 1° I havu tried to gi\;o·'y~\J. a ~.pfoturb ·"tonight of. this domost~!f_W6lblci1:.iQf ours and hm7 wo arc tacklinc; it. I hope I hn.ve succeeded in e;;iving your. somo sense of thu uncourat;ornunt .that tho people of Britain feel as thoy ·ho.ve soon tho first cn.rr;oos of food that hn.vo come to us under your--generous Leaso·and Lend Act. But c;ratitudo der,1ands that I should tell you of one morO -~ct of yours that dn.ily nakos thousands of, v1ouen in this .country pray that the blessings of God may rest u,pon you. Souo months ago, Hur 1.13.josty tho Queen shm-vud hor very generous ,o.nd prn.cticn.l intorost in a plan to bring aid to the people of our bombed citios. She asked to bo D.llovvod ou:t of hor own pocket to defray the cost of a nurnbor of convoys which nould provide hot food for the homeless. It 'Jas thon that i:lr. Cruger of tho British Uar Relief Society of America cnmo to suo mo to ask i i' ho ·also could help. I tqld him of thb service I was plarmi JlG. I shovrod hiri1 how I had mappod out tho countr-J into 19 different c;roups ~ uach with o. central point, to 'ahich I proposed to assemble a convoy of mobile vam: ~ sowo r:arryinr; wator, some food stores, .some field kitchens; some built n.s travelling kitchens tho.t could cook n.s thoy ran; and tho rest, canteens dusic;nod to distribute tho food prepared by tho rest of the convoy. Thoy Yroro all to be manned 1Jy volunteers, tho kitchon and tho cooking po.rt by women, tho driving to be done by mun. I told him I hn.d hopos that n.s soon ·n.s tho lJlitz stn.rtod in any tm-vn thusc convoys 11vould proceed to thoso areas, so that \!hon ..._,,..'lmm broko they would be ready '.'Tith tr10ir hot food to [!,0 into t he streets o.nd among the 1nrockod horiios, carr~ring the;: people a cup of tea, a bowl of soup, a.YJ.d a 1.'mrd of sympathy and encouras omont. I wanted thuso unhappy mid strickun people to lmow t hat somebody was to.kin::; caro of thGtJ.. /It was .. .. · ____..... ~~-----------------'"'--~­ ·-'' ··· ;·.··, -4-­ · :· .· ..... 1· .. It .was a big, nation-vvide sclwme. I Jmov.r I hii:d th~ men ~rld ' · women to man it~ :Mr. Cruger asked me to let the reminde1,;' of these convoys be a present from the American people -and that sentence made the:p1an possible. . .,... ... · ..· ... ., •· And. so they came int o being as a joint gift from Her· Majesty :· the, Q'l:leen.and the people of America. They are called 1'Queen's .C ·. !.. Messengers" -· for what better name could we i:h' Britairi find to give to a fleet that brings practical help and words of kindly · ··· ·.• ·· encouragernent .to peop:J_e vvho have .. remained at their posts in the . bombed towns . , And so thes.~. graciou~ convoys move .orl'their err?:'rids of ni.ercy, with the titl e of 11Queeri.f s Messengers Ii vrrit large across the varis . There , by the si(le o:f this badge, is ;painted the star.s and stripes of the United ·States: .of America. . Brave -':hd:irts in affl iCtion see your~ banner and ·know that !raid. fur Br it'ai :ni\·c is ff6''rrore pbras'et;but a -. ..... · message that comes from your great and practical hearts • . . r-,·' . , .. . . ' Th<:; wome,n ,qf _::Brit~;ip, ~$,}tell . 8;S_::J~11e mcri, are 'worthy of: ·: J '· your trust• .....They, st~Q. al ong 'with ·th\3:-:inen·, taking care ':of them :.. in this mighty salient in the battl c:frorit ··or civilisation~ .···. -. w:Lth · your help to feed them, as well as to arm the men, they vv:i.11 { ·in the ,•.· · words '()f. the ;pr~y,~~;:-poqk ;.';continue,.~n ~ve.ll-doing". · ' ",. ' .. -.-.. ,_,...: ,/ ' ·, . ..:. ,· ·j:'. ' .I ..· ,~-.-.,.. r· .. :") ~-r_ :-... . , ···. . .. ' . .. . .... .. . • ·· · These .. people.. vf.{ll rie,ver give up~ ,·They have 'be·en reared and trp;.ined ·vvith -the instinct for :fteec16tfi~ , Now in front of theni they· s.ee ,the meaning of: ty:ranriy .':" it\: Pbl~nd, France and Gr eece. They .·knovr of .it. ther~ .!3.nd Jhey know that':indeed it .v1ould be better :r.-,. for them and 't:heir children to die thin to-live urid.er such conditi ons • .T~t ito the str<2(ngth;6r the B:ritfsh peopl e• . They wil l not di e•. They will prevail~ · · ~ -" ·~ • •· ·:. , ' .. f < • ;~. :. j • ',<' MINISTRY OF ~FORMATION.• The Ministry of Food proposes at an early date to talrn control of home-produced eggs. The method adopted will be that of purchasing from Packing Stations their entire output of eggs in shell, through a National Company now being formed for the purpose, which vrill act as the Ministry's Agent. This involves as a necessary consequence that all eggs from producers ovv.ning more than a limited number of poultry should pass through packing stations. The Ministry, therefore, proposes shortly to make an Order 1.mder which it will be obligatory on every producer (with certain exceptions r.oted below) to sell the Yvhole of his output of eggs either to one licensed packer or his agent or to a licensed dealer or collector who will be known as an "-approved buyer11 • Producers ovming 12 birds or less on one holding will be exempted from the Orc1er, as will producers selling egr,s for hatching. Such eggs, however, must be stamped ·with an BI-JI' in red. Every producer subject to this Orel.er will be required to register with the packing station or approved buyer of his choice, and to make a return to the packer or buyer of the number of birds ovvned by him, distinguishing those over and under 6 months. A similar return will be made each month. Every producer or producer-retailer has to send all his eggs to a packing station or approved buyer. If he v'i'ishes to sell retail he must hold a retailer's licence from the local Food Control Committee, and must receive at least 50 registrations (or in special circumstances, 25 registrations) from customers. If he cannot muster 51 registrations, he is not allowed to sell retail. If he has 50 or more customers, he nominates a supplier -either a wholesaler or an egg packing station ­who supplies him with eggs for his registered customers. Since producers subject to this Order will be selling their whole output to packing stations, the request previously made to poultry keepers to refrain from registering vvith retailers in order to obtain eggs for their own consumption is not t o be regarded as applying to them. Tu.eking stations will be ·required to collect eggs free of any charge from producers v-vithin 10 miles of the packing station. The Ministry of Food is making arrangements ·whereby the financial stability of packing stations shall be guaranteed. Producers should take ste1)s to complete their arrangements ·with packing stations or approved buyers not later than Saturday June 21 ; 19L~1 • MINISTRY OF FOOD. The Ministe:c of Food has made an Order;; the ?ruH Pulp (Contr·ol and, Maximum Prices) Oroer, 194.1, which specifies that sales of fruit pulp manu­factured from homeg.i:·own fruit may :imJ_y be made to licensed preservers and at the following mo.x:Lmum pr:'~ces: - Descr::i12tion of· Maximum Price -.-­----.-­~;-.-­Fr~.!J:~, '· -i~--;~-·­· £: s: d: B10.d:cu.:-rru1:c 99, 10. o. h Strmvberr;y (on stalk) 83. o. _JO do;. (plugged) 940 15;, o. Raspberry 54, 15. o. Loganberry 57. . 10. o. Redcurrant 42. Oo o. Gooseberry 37. ·10. o. Cherry 43? o. o. Greengage 32~ o. o•. Damson 230 o. o. Plum (cooked) 15, o. o~ () . do. (raw) ./, 10. o. Apple llc o, o, Rhubarb ·:2-0 Oo o. The Order also prescribes:-· (a) the maxiJr.~-An quantity of water and preservative solution which may be added during the :'1anu:f'acture 0£' the fruit pulp; (b) that o·.vne!'s o:f:' l1ome~g:r.own fruit pulp or of containers st'C.table for packing fruit pulp 3:1all comply wi·ch instructions given by the Mfrj_ster ~oncerning storage, rrovemen-c and 0is:prsal of pulp and/0r conta~tners; ·· 1 (c) that owfl.err'. of fr:uit pul:p a:nd of c ontain.ers s~1alJ. ske a montply return from June 28, 1941, of stor::ks held. by them aJ.:d. whf,i'8 situated.~ (d) that maximum prices on a sale to a licensed :p:.-esorver ma,y be increased by a prescribed monthly percentage to cover cost of s·so::-age. 1 o/6/41 No: 17. THE PRESERVES RATIONING SCHEME. Una.er the Preserves (Rationing) Ora.er, 19L~1 , maa.e by the i'.1inister of Food, the monthly "mininum share11 of preserves has been c.onverted .into a maximum monthly ra·;ion of 8 ozs. per h:ead. The nei;v-arrangemant comes into force at once and its effect is that retailers will no longer be able to supi)ly their customers vd th more than 8 ozs. of preserves per head per month, The Order provia.es that any month's ration can be obtainea. during the preceding or following month if desired. There is also a provision that if a consumer has already obtained during the present month more than 8 ozs. of jam, the excess is to be deducted from the quantity to vrhich he is entitled during the month of Jv.ly. ~.§.TRY OF FOOD. 10.6.41 • .. -.No~18 MAXIMUM PRICES OF SOFT FRUITS . Since the issue of the Soft Fruits (Maximum Prices) Orde~, it has been,established that crops have been damaged to some extent by weather conditions. An Order has therefore been ma.de increasing the maximum prices for strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries and de-controlling redcurrants and whitecurrants. The :ma.ximum prices of loganberries arc unchanged. The amended growers' maximum prices arc:­ New Price Previous Price Per ton ---per-~ Strawberries £75 £65 Raspberries £4.7.1 Os. £1+5 Blackcurrants £90 £65 Gooseberries £30 £26 These prices will apply to all sales by growers and not only to sales to licensed preservers. Corresponding changes have been ma.de in the maximum prices on sales by persons other then growers. The nevv maximum retail prices vlill be as follows:-:-·~ s. d. Gooseberries 5. per lb. Strawberries 1. 2. II Raspberries 9. ff Blackcurrants 1 • 3. Ii The intention of the Order as now amended is to secure the preservation of the maximum quantity of home grown soft fruits, and the Order has been so framed that the bulk of the fruit will go to the preservers. Supplies of fresh fruit in the shops will probably, therefore, not be plentiful. The ·Minister of Food has ma.de a further Order prescribing the dates on which the Soft Fruits maximum prices will come into force. The appointed dates are:­ Gooseberries June 16 Strawberries June 29 Blackcurrants June 29 Loganberries June 29 Raspberries July 20 June 16 has also been fixed as the date on which the picking of gooseberries :ma.y start. MINISTRY OF FOOD 1'0/6/41 po:13. NATIONAL SERVICE ACTS AND RF.GISTRATI.ON FOR EMPLOYl\liENT ~..J..J..941..!.. . --· ~lQ.UNCEJVIENT OF F~f']~_REGISTRfilOB§.•. The :Ministry of Labour ana. National Service announces the dates of further registrations ·vvhich have novr been fixed as follows (1) On 21st June, 1941, all men born in the year 1900 will be required to register unless they have already registered una.er the Registration for Employ­ment Order in accordance with the requirements to register on 5th April, 19~-1. Those born bet-Neon 1st January and 30th June, 1900, both dates inclusive, will be registered under the Registration for Employment Order. Those born qetween 1st July, 1900, and 31st December, 1900, both a.ates inclusive, vdll be register­ed under the National Service Acts, It should be noted that any man who has attained theage of 41 is not liable to be called up for service under the National Service Acts and no medical board summons or enlistment notice will therefore be served on a man after he had reached that age. Men registered under the National Service Acts ·vvho attain the p.ge of 41 before they are called up for service will be considered under the Hegistration fOl.~ Employment Order as if they had registered under that Order. On 5th April, about half of the men born in the first quarter of 1900 registered under the Registration for Employment Order. Those employed in a large number of industries,mainly the rrunition industries and the industries covered by the Board of Trade's concen­tration of production scheme were not required to register. On 21st June, all the men born in 1900 will be required to register whatever their occupation or employment, if they are not amongst those who registered on 5th April• .Although no exceptions are made from this requirement to register, those who are already engaged on vital work from vrhich they cannot be sparecl will not be requirea_ to transfer to other vvork. (2) On 12th July, 1941, men born between 1st January 1922 and 30th Juno, 1922 both a.ates inclusive will bo required to register una.er the National Service Acts. The men required to register under these arrangements should attena_ for registra­tion at the Local Offices of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, taking their National Registration Identity Cards vdth them, and shoula. keep strictly to the time of attendance allotted to them according to the initial of their surname as follows: A to B betvreen 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. c 1.30 to 2 p.m. D to G 2.0 to 3 p.m. H to L 3.0 to 4 p.m. M to P 4.0 to 5 p.m. Q to S 5.0 to 6 p.m. T to Z 6.o to 7 p,m. Men vrho cannot attend in the afternoon should attend between 9 a.m. ana. 11 a.m. Seamen required to register under the National Service Acts should if possible attend at Mercantile lVIa.rine Offices; otherwise thc;Lr res;istration will be accepted at W.Linistry of Labour and National Service offices. :MINISTRY OF LABOUR A.I'm NATIONAL SERVICE,; ----~.-.-.._____--·.-..---_,..,.._,. ~ 1~ WAR HOLIDAYS. Mr. George Hicks M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the l\!linistry of Works & Buila_ings, in the postscript to the nine o'clock neYrs said:­ Many of you must be wondering what you are going to do about a holiday this year -whether you ought to take a holiday at all at this time, when every hand must be put to war productio:r.; or whci.t you are going to do with your holiday if you take it. Well! let me tell yuu this -It is the Government 1s policy that customary holidays should be taken up to one vveek -and that is a _g_ood policy, becanse if vre are all to keep "fighting fit 11 , . if we are to make sure that the production of the ships, and the tarJcs and the guns, is not going to lag behind · schedule, then everyone of us ·who car:. ought to take a break -It's good for us. It won't be so much a holiday this year as what the soldier calls "his leave". We must have it to refresh ourselves for even greater efforts. Holidays are going to be staggered ·as much as possible f'. o that they extend over the months June to September,and when your time comes ruund, then make up your mind to enjoy it as much as you can -use it as a time ·L;o recuperate after the hard vvork you ·have been doing during the past ·winter. ·when you take this v-ra.r holiday of yours you 111 find that transport facilities are reduced and indeed you have been asked not to travel, except in strictly limited cases. Travel is against tbe national interest because it uses coal or petrol -and remember that goods tre.i!ls in war must have priority over passenger trains. The transport system is working already to full capacity and the use of material and the strain on railwa~r vrorkers is great. ~en too the success of a holiday away from home depends on having good meals -doesn't it?, and the supply and a.istribution of food is already difificult enough. A big change in the distrihution would mean a further strain on thE( railways. No! what you have got to do this year is ·co make up your mind to enjoy a holiday at home -and you ~· I hope that such local organisations as exist ;,yill do what they can to add attractions to the wartime holiday. I'hope that there will be local concerts and dancing, and I hope too that institutions or clubs will throw open their grounds to those who have been Yrork:'ng hard and who cannot get ayvay this year for their usual holiday. But the succe;.:;3 of your war"cime holiday is going to depenc1 largely on yourself. There must be' lots of places near your oym home tuwn where you can get out for the day to enjoy the fresh air, where you can vvalk or vmere you can cycle. I know that some of you vvill have to travel. Those of you who want to join your families, who have been evacuate-er-from the big cities -let me give you just one word of vvarning -make sure you get your accommodation booked in advance. And there are others of you Yvho are still working in badly bombed districts and you too Yvill want to get away. But most of you who are listening can help the railways by not tr::. velling far afield, and at the same time rest and have recreation. I know too that the burden of the wartime holiday is going to fall largely on the housewife. The wartime holiday at home moans that she will still have the daily routine of hous.ehold work; perhaps you wilJ_ be able to help a bit by taking picnic days in the country non.rby or perhaps you can have the occasional meal at a ca:f'e. To the hous evvife ::: say 11however tiresome yrn.rr "ffOrk may be, you are doing a grand job if you can help to make the wartime holiday a success"; To all of you who are doing ycur utmost to back up the Fighting Services, ini:he factories, on the farms, , in the shipyards, to you I can't say 11you'll have the best of holidays" but I can say ''you've deserved a break". Take this war holiday away from work but not frorri home -take i'c and enjoy it: relax and rest awhile and come back stronger than ever to the battle for greater and greater produc'cion. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 10.6.41. No.21. EGGS: WHOLESALERS AND LICENSED PACKERS The Ministry of Foodpropo::iosf:;hortly to take control of home-produced eggs and to under.~ke their distribution, together with imported eggs, through the normal channels of trade. In order that supplies may be equitably distributed, consumers have been asked to register for eggs with retailers< Each retailer will be required to nominate a supplier who may be a wholesaler or a licensed packer, but not a producer or No. 1 Distributor, and to provide him with the total number of registered customers, Retailers may not nominate more than one supplier for each retail shop, but may, of course, nominate one supplier for several shops. Before any nomination is made, the retailer should ascertain that the wholesaler can accept it4 Local Focd Offices will be supplied with lists of wholesalers and licensed packers on the MiniStryis register. In the interests of economy of transport, it is not intended that retailers should be permitted to nominate suppliers whose premises a-re outside the port area in which the retailer is situated! save in cases where these premises are the neareat to the retailer. The Ministry also reserves the right to cancel any nomination which appears to involve an unnecessary transport of eggs and to transfer it to another wholesaler. Wholesalers who receive nominations totalling less than 6,000 registered consumers will draw supplies from wholesalers with more than 6,000 registered customers who in turn will draw supplies from the Ministry of Food. Wholesalers should nominate a supplier 1vith::n their Port Area for this purpose and provide him with the total number of their registered consumers. Licensed packers, who were in business in the egg trade with warehouse accommodation and adequate collection and delivery facilities. for not less than tho 12 months ended August 31, 1939, may accept retail nominations as wholesalers, but packers not possessing the above qualifications will only be permitted to accept such nominations from retailers within 10 miles of their station. Exceptions may be made in certain areas of Scotland. A licensed packer will only be pennitted to sell eggs in shell by retail from premises from which ho sold eggs by retail before September 3, 1939, but this pennission vvill not extend to sales of eggs in shell by retail from the licensed packing station or from any part of the premises of which the licensed packi~g station forms a part. The requirements of Establishments (i.e. residential establis~~ts, catering establishments and institutions) vvill be expressed in tenrs of consumer registrations. If an establishment purchases by retail, it will register with a retailer in the same way as a consumer; if it purchases by wholesale it will proceed in the same way as a retailer. No establishment, the requirements of which amount to less than 50 consumer registrations, will be allowed to purchase wholesale. Retailers and establishments buying by wholesale should have nominated their suppliers and informed both the S'Upplie:r and the local Food Office of the total number of registered consumers not later than June 21. On that date, or imrri£diately after, nominated suppliers should inform the Ministry of Food, Eggs Branch, Colwyn Bay, of the number of nominations received, distinguishing between retailers, multiples and secondary wholesalers and giving the gross total of consumer registrations represented by these nominations. Supplies will be allocated on the basis of these consumer registrationsu The methods whereby a nominated supplier will receive his supplies vvill be announced later. MINISTRY OF FOOD Air Ministry News Service. Air Ministry Bulletin No. L1-1JJ.. HEAVY BOMBERS ROUT ENEMY FIGHTERS. Two heavy bombers searchi~g for shipping off the French Coast ye$terday (Monday) completely routed a nmnber of fighters on patrol. One Messerschmitt 109 was destroyed and others were driven off and badly damaged. These two bombers had set off in the early afternoon and had flown through heavy rain stonns till the.y came to the Belgian coast at Nieuport. 1'There vras nothing there for us to attack, 11 the captain of one of the aira::raft said. "So we turned up the coast to look for shipping. There was no more cloud cover beyond Flushing and we decided that we would turn back. Just then some enemy fighters spotted us, but they kept about a mile away. We were in formation and they evidently didn't vrant to take us on. Eventually vre lost them in cloud. "As we went back along the Belgian coast it was all very monotonous. The only thing to do was to leave the clcud cover so we oid that and at some of the s.easide · places we could see people waJldng about the streets, We flevY over Nieuport aerodrome at about 3,000 feet 'but nobody came up after us. Then I saw through a patch of rain ahead of us a small convoy of four ships and gave the order to attack. As ·we made our approach a heavy rain squall started and my ovm bomber became separated from the .other one. I went on to attack the ship and twenty seconds before our bombs went down the coast defence opened up, Immediately after Ylfe had made our attack the rear gunner reported tvm Messerschmitts 109, one to starboard and one to port. At the same time I saw our other bomber going for the ships. I decided to try to draw the fighters away to give him an uninterrupted run being quite confident that we could take on the two fighters. "One of them closed to ·within 150 yards on the starboard quarter; firing cannon and machine guns. :My rear gunner had left his microphone switched on and I could hear v-rhat was happening. He was replying to the enemy 1 s fire: the sound of the gun bursts came clearly over the "inter-com", I could also hear bullets hitting our aircraft. · There was a wicked crack as one struck the cockpit a fr.:;w feet from me. The enemy broke away and then the fellow on the port-side ivas at us. But at 500 yards h~ too broke avm.y. We saw that both had been hit. "Then the first f"ellovv returned in E>. cliving quarter attack so .I manoeuvred to givo my rear gunner a non-deflection shot. Again the German broke away. Then he came up parallel with us, and I turned in so that my front gunner could get in a burst. 11The fighters dived right across our bow and there followed the remarkable sight of a bomber chasing a fighter. We went like a bat out of hell. With full throttles we followed him right dovYn, our front guns blazing the v:.rhole time. I certainly saw two bursts go in at his port-vring-root. ~oke began pouring from him. We saw him go down to within 50 feet of the water -I am willing to bet that he never came out of that dive -vThen we had to break off because vv-e were heading straight for Dunkirk and the coast defences. What's more, the second Me.109 had got astern of us to attack again and a third Me. had appeared. "The fighter astern approached to within 500 yards and then rolled on to its back and dived vertically into the sea. I should say the pilot must have been shot. The fighter made a terrific splash as it hit the water. Then came number three. He came at us almost vertically, in a screaming dive. It looked ns though he meant to ram us, but a well-aimed burst from our rear gunner caught him and he turned away sharply and fled. 11 1'Ivieamihile, other fighters were attacking the other bomber. Tvvo came in from astern and two others were waiting their chance overhead. "M:y rear gunner opened up" said the pilot and the first fighter fell away in a very steep diving turn vrith flames coming from underneath the engine and near the cockpit. I heard the rear gunner call our 1 I've hit hira', I've hit him'! We savv no more of him because we had to deal with the second fighter. He sheared off after the rear gunner had given him tw·o or three bursts, and we claimed him as a 11probable." Then Yve came home."