Food Prices in England. Oranges—not good ones—cost fld per lb in England; lemons are practically unobtainable, and still there is no sign of complaint from the people. Eggs sell at the controlled price of 4d, and fo.r a time onions sold at Is 2d per lb. However, the Government had done much to keep food prices within reasonable limits with their control regulations, commented a letter received by Mr Winston Brvce, of Whangarai, from rus sister living in London. There was no shortage of food. For instance a narty of nine dined sumptuously on chicken and Christmas piuldigg and brandy sauce when a soldier son of 'he family was celebrating leave.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19410205.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 267, 5 February 1941, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 267, 5 February 1941, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in