MEAT AND BUTTER COUPON DRIVE

Chronicle (Levin), 26 April 1946, Page 6

MEAT AND BUTTER COUPON DRIVE

-Pres.f Association

By Telegraph-

WELLINGTON/ April 25.. Hamilton maintained its position as the leading district for the week in the Food for Britain campaign. The butter and meat coupou drive for the week iucluded the holiday period. when post ofiices were closed and wien many were holiday-making, - but tlie result — an inerease in butter saved— is regarded by the National Famine. Emergencyr Committee as being outstaudiug in the circumstances. A notable feature is that cities, with the exception of Christch.urch; reflected tbe holiday period most sevcrcly and, a.s was pointed out by the cliairman of the, committee iu an interview tonight, had the cities maintained their drivc, the result would have been a very sharp inerease in the graud totals.

A reoord butter figuro cgrne from Invercargill. . r Only the great meat drive ih Hamilton held tliat distfict at tlie 'top. Nel--son made a leap from low iu last week's list to third place, wliile Wanganui, second in the first week, was consistent to tinisli fourth. Other big iiiereases on the previoUs week wero sliown by Gisborne in particular, Timaru and Whangarei, wkile some of the districts at the bottom of the list sliowed the eifect of committeea starting to work in their areas. » ' "This result during a period when colleetiiig centres and post ofiices were closed for some daj'S and wlien a large percentage of tlie population had' shopping upset by the liolidays or were actually holiday-niaking, is outstandmg," said Mr. T. N. Wmallwood, cliairman of the National Famine Emergency Committee. 1 1 Tlie real i'orce of the drive should come in the next fortniglit as practically all local comiuittees ai'e operating actively now. ■ > "Another main cause of the better rcturns is tliat people arc realising that coiqious can be cancelled j>osted free to a post ollice. I would not be surprised to see ua within reach of a mil1 Jion meat coupons by the ernl of tlie week." > Following are the detailed results of tlie 20 main districts given in order -of incrijt, ' the ligurcs being compaTcd' iiroportionately with population: —

Butter , Meat coupons coupons Hamilton S-iO. • 33,334 Invercargill 1,511 11,702 Nelson 1,04(1 , 13,423 Wangauui 892 10,807 Gliristchurch . . . . 1,132 28,107 Gisborne .. .". .. 670 0,197 Timaru 520 " 5,238 Blenheim 410 4,598 Whangarei 404 3,87/ Wellington 572 .13,951 Dunedin . . 533 10,588 Napier/.;. .. .. .. .39.7. ,'..7,839 Auckland 510 j . . '9,410 Masterton ....... . 2 51 ' / ,0jl23 Palmerst'on North . .29.7 ',5', 007 Thames .. ... 213 ( 2,620 - Oamaru .. .. .: .. 104 . , .1,557 Greyinoutli- 00 '. " 1,005 Westport ...... 4^ "^OSl New Plymouth ' .. j 35 / 3,004 Totals 10,451 . , . ISO, 194 - Last week's totals S.833 r- 209,914