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Show AUSTRIANS ON SHORT RATIONS. Government Forbids Further Dealings in Flour and Grain. Rotterdam. The Austrian government govern-ment has decided to put the entire nation on rations. Notices have been issued at Vienna forbidding all further fur-ther dealings, either buying or selling. in maize, rye, flour and all varieties of grain, and calling upon all persons holding such supplies to make public declaration of the stocks they have in hand. When this has been ascertained ascer-tained the government intends to take over the entire control of the stocks and then regulate consumption. Orders Or-ders were issued stating just how much each individual may hold. The remainder then will be bought by the government at a price fixed by the state, or persons with a supply less than the specified allowance may buy up to that amount at the same price. |