SAVE FOOD CAMPAIGN

Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1946, Page 4

SAVE FOOD CAMPAIGN

Organisaiian k Levin . . V '• V „ . ' mayor stresses urgency The Emergency Famine Fund which is being organised tnrougn^^u viic.iAwmmon to assist in meeting oiie desperate food shortage in Great Britain and' Europe was orbught to the -notice of the Levin Borough Couneil . on Monday evenikig by th'e Mayor (Mr. H: B: Burdekin) , who strongly emphasisea ;tne need for • immediate . action ii the sex-ious situation was to be alleviatea. ; He said he proposed to set up a widely representative eommittee in Levin at an early date- tp do everything it could to organise a 'food saving campaign in tne town. His Worship toid the couneil that the matter had come' before the recent Municipal Conference in Christchurch, and a number of .remits had come t'orward in regard tc

the way New Zealand should assist the Mother Country. The contfer- ) ence was of the opinion fhat tne only way to deal with i't was f or tne (jruvernment to bring in further compulsofy rationing • so that the Mother Country and Europe could be fed. and it had been decidbd to represent the matter accordingly. However, the Government had said that the only way it was prepared to further the appeal was on _a voluntary b'asis, and that this should be given a trial" for a period of foiir months. Now was the time to make the, efEort and never was the adage, "He gives twice who gives quickly,'" mgre true. The idea was to get' everyone ' tb assisv m us.' many ways:as possible. • .- His Worship said he proposed setting up a widely representative eommittee, and soiieited the support of members of " the couneil in the effort. • ' . !