When the new quotas go into effect, the national consumption of petrol Is expected to be reduced by about 40 per cent, compared with the amount used last September.
In some districts, including Tokyo and Yokohama, the mixing of five per cent, dehydrated alcohol with petrol is compulsory. This percentage. is to be increased to ton from September 4.
Another measure in the "save-fuel? campaign is a total ban on the rise of heavy all for cooking pur poses in private homes and restaurants.
Control of food prices at retail markets is now being enforced in nine prefectures. Prices of fresh fish, vegetables. and fruit, which vary almost daily, are announced every morning both by radio and in the press.
"The movement to encourage the consumption of whale-meat as a Substitute for beef, pork and poultry thas made but little progress, Argue ments in favour of the nutritive Valtic of whale-meat are generally outweighed by its peculiar smell, Experiments to find) a method of cooking which will eliminate this very decided disadvantage are being carried out, "Ersate" Exhibition 'A good idea of the wide range of substitutes now beings produced was provided at an exhibition of them in 1 large Tokyo department store.
Among the hundreds of articles on display were shoes made from the bark" of trees and of sharkskin; purses and handbags. of frogskin: materials made of staple Abre; cloth made of human hair, as well as of lass; and doorknobs of artificial resin, 'The many articles made of celluloid included cutlery, razor handles, imitation marble,' and tooth-brush bristles, There were handbags.of lass paper, bamboo, tree-bark, straw, Snakeskin, sharkskin and salmon skin, and scores of articles made of artifcial leather.
Go far not many substitutes are on the market, as they are only beginning to be manufactured—Reuter.
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