ISSUE OF RATION BOOKS
Ration book issuing centres will be open for the issue of Ration Books on Saturday, 13th June, 1942, and Sunday, 14th June, 1942, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Ration Books will be issued only to:
(a) British subject civilians sixteen years of age and over as at 15th March, 1942, who produce their identity cards;
(b) Alien civilians sixteen years of age and over who produce their alien registration cards; and
(c) In respect of children under sixteen years of age (as at 15th March, 1942, in the case of British subjects) to a parent or guardian with whom the children are living who produces his or her Identity card (or aliens' registration card) and lodges a declaration in the approved form, now obtainable at all Post Offices, setting out the name, sex and age of each child.
A person seriously ill or infirm or approaching maternity or residing more than five miles from an issuing centre may authorise another person as agent to produce his or her identity card and to obtain his or her Ration Book, or if unable to nominate an agent, may apply for the Ration Book to be sent by post.
One member of a household may, if duly authorised, act as agent for other members of the same household who cannot attend in person without undue inconvenience. The necessary authority for agent forms and postal application forms are available at Post Offices.
The places at which Ration Book Issuing Centres will be located in the Division of Bass are as follows:
Subdivision of Lilydale - Bangor (Public Hall), Dilston (State School), Golconda (T. J. Kelly's residence), Karoola (Memorial Hall), Lebrlna (State School), Lilydale (Council Chambers), Lisle (School House), Nabowla (Memorial Hall), Newnham (Rocherlea State School), Swan Bay (R. G. Williamson's residence), Tunnel (Public Hall), Underwood (School House), Wyena (School House).
Advertising (1942, June 11). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), , p. 2 (LATE NEWS EDITION). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91523045
COMMENT by Janet Kelly 15 August 2016
Interesting about Kellys' being the collection-point for ration books. It seems to have been a community hub, providing even a venue for consultations with the visiting dentist, Mr Mattingley. I wonder if he was the one that, according to Dad, gave each child patient a bag of boiled lollies at the end of his or her ordeal! I do recall Dad saying that the dentist plied his dread trade in a room at Titmus's Golconda Hotel, so I was surprised to find, in Trove, advertisements listing my grandparents' house as the place to see the tooth-puller! By the way, there must be an error in the ration-book notice if it said T. J. Kelly (should be T.A. for Thomas Arthur Kelly).
COMMENT by Phil Mahnken Throughout the British Commonwealth, residents born in all member countries were British Subjects until after WW2. In Australia the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948, which came into force on 26 January 1949, created the concept of Australian nationality and citizenship while we continued to be British subjects.