So here we have the most important source of fresh water of all, rain. For it falls without restriction, filling reservoirs, and streams, and it may also be collected in buckets for domestic use, even for drinking. We may moan to see it, but it could be the difference between life and death for many people and animals.
Now this code, and the information, comes from our reference book RB.30, The Australian and New Zealand Index, published in 1983. Its quite scarce now, and no longer in print.
That tells us that Shell issued cards in Australia and New Zealand from 1959. Between 1959 and 1965 there were nine sets, of which one was ours, and the numbers in all of them run one after the other until number 540, except that there was a bit of confusion along the way though as the “Citizenship” set started with number 1 all over again when it was supposed to be numbered 421 to 460.
Our set is catalogued under :
Project cards. 76 x 51. Three sets of 60. …. SR6-3
1. Titled “Citizenship Series”. Nd. 1/60.
2. Titled “Meteorology Series”. Nd. 261/420.
3. Titled “Transportation Series”. Nd. 241/300.