Foreign News: Have Another Cup

"I always start with about eight cups of tea first thing in the morning," a cockney said last week in London. "Then there's the tea break, then lunch, then tea, then supper. Pot's on the go the whole time." For the country where the pot is on the go despite rationing (varying between 2 and 3 oz. a person a week), the Tories had good news. After twelve years, the government stopped rationing of tea. In future, only the price (averaging 65ยข a Ib.) will prevent tea addicts from buying as much as they want.

And the Tories had still another cheerful...

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