7/8/42 - No.25
TRANSPORT OF PLUMS
In order to effect economics in transport, the Minister of Food has made
an Order restricting the transport of plums by road and rail (except under
licence) from production areas to consuming areas.
The Order is in force from August 10 to September 21 (both dates inclusive).
The following are the areas from which the movement is entirely prohibited:-
Area 1. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and the following areas
in Gloucester:- The County Borough of Bristol; The Urban Districts of Mangotsfield and Kingswood; the Rural Districts
of Warmley, Sodbury, and Thornbury.
Area 2. Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire (including Isle of Wight) Dorset
Berkshire, Buckingham, Hertford, Oxford, Bedford, Middlesex and London London in mininun (except that plums may move from consignments of two tons to Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland.
Westmorland, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham and Scotland).
Area 3. Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Northampton (including Soke of Peterborough) and Rutland.
Area 4. Warwick, Shropshire, Stafford.
Area 5. Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecknock, Radnor, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan.
Area 6 Flint, Denbigh, Caernarvon, Anglesey, Merioneth, Montgomery.
Area 7 Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland and Westmorland, (except that Area plums may move from Lancashire to 6).
Area 8. Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham.
Area 9. Scotland.
Movement from the following areas is permitted, to the counties
indicated against each area:-
From To
2. Kent and London Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Buckingham, Berkshire, Hertford, Oxford,
in Bedford, Middlesex, any quantity, and in minimum consignments of two tons to
Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland and Westmorland, Yorkshire, Northumberland,
Durham and Scotland.
3. Worcester, Hereford Warwick, Shropshire, Stafford, Monmouth, Gloucester (other than Glamorgan, Brecknock, Radnor, Carmarthen, the districts mentioned Pembroke, Cardigan; and in minimum
above). consignments of two tons to Cornwall, Devon,
Somerset, Wiltshire, the areas of Gloucester
mentioned above; Flint, Denbigh, Caernarvon, Anglesey, Merioneth, Montgomery,
Derby, Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland,
Westmorland, Yorkshire, Northumberland,
Durham.
/4. Norfolk From To
4. Norfolk, Cambridge Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Derby,
(including Isle of Ely) Northampton, (including Soke of
and Huntingdon Peterborough) Rutland; and in minimum
consignments of two tons to Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland and Westmorland,
Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham and Scotland
movements Road transport is allowed for outside any of the areas above
up to a distance of 20 miles, provided that the total distance does not exceed 40 miles.
The Ministry will issue temporary special licences enabling daily rail
loadings of plums from Kent to Stafford and Marwick; and from Worcester,
Hereford, and North Gloucester to Scotland in addition to the facilities
provided in the transport schedule. Traders need not apply for licences
under this heading.
MINISTRY OF FOOD