Man-Made Famine
There was no doubt that the fam-
ine in India in 1943 was jnan-made, declared Dr. Garfield Stewart, of Takapuna during an address to the Auckland ' Crcditemen's Club on his experiences while serving with the R.A.F. in India, There was an' acute shortage of rice at the time and starvation was apparent but as the result of action taken by Lord Wavell on his appointment as Viceroy, to secure a small shipment of rice the hands of those holding? stocks were forced and more was released to the public. Dr. Stewart described the sufferings of the people and referred to the many deaths. He recalled having given, n sandwich to some Hindu children who on finding it contained beef, threw it away, despite the fact that they were starving. "I wonder how many people in New Zealand would stick to' their principles and starve under similar circumstances," he said.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 2, 31 August 1945, Page 5
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