Smaller Loaf; Less Beer

Chronicle (Levin), 27 April 1946, Page 5

Smaller Loaf; Less Beer

THE 0FF1C1AL ANNOUNCEMENT Reeeived Fridav, 7. -10 p.ni. LOXDOX, April 25. The ollieial statement from Xo. 10 Il'.v, niug Street aiiiiouneing ineasnres t 1 '"'duce Britain X cunsuniption of jtra.ie* slated: ••Ihe Government has now further !■". ;ewed ihe, wheat and grain position j aij.; 'Ooidered wlmt additional contri- !■(.• m the Fnited Kingdom, as ua im- 1 jim- ng c(iiintvy. rau niake to assist the j e«;int ries faced w ith aciite shonages. i Ti:- Fnited Kingdom already has made j >i;i ia] savings in the consumptipn i dl wheat and grain in order to reduce I it- .b -cands on the world supplies, but thc ' Mivernment is eoniideut that tlie nf the Fnited Kingdom will rca'uiy accept still further. reduction.s in \ ii-w of tlie urgent need to give aid | t-( -(I'.uit ries faced with famine. The i (• \t : *i ■■ t imi rate oi national fiour has | ab-H'iy been iucreased to S5 per cent. i with the average rate of 73 per t . before the war. "The (loveniment has deeided tliat, in :ebiition to the already substantial secured, further nieans liiust ' iciv. ;.i- made as part of the national (•a?:. I'aign to luiiig about the utmost pr:- •-* 1 1 ;i I cronoiny in tlie use of bread. A- • ; - ti rst step, therefore, the standard -II:. oi i will be reditr-ed to 111b. with•mi a i; ertition in jirice. This will result ia ;i -■ ving uf 12t per cent. in the fiour ">-o in the mamu'acture of bread. "i' has further been deeided in order t" • :'••••! a substantial eeonoiny in the ceii-a : . j « I ion of Inirley, to reduce the hr- i^.uf beer to 00 per cent. of the l'l'ci. r production in tenns of the stau•lai'd barrelage. Production at present h ; : Mi." rate of 5.12 per cent. above I'l-. :Lr -o this decision involves a reducti": about 15 per cent. of the pre>'■1.* ludurlion. "T::.- coiitribution which the Fnited K '- a. can niake to relieve' the grain di.c::, . ,.s in other countvies is limited: by •■..■ fa-t tliat we onrselves are an j iiiii- : ng couytry dejietident for our i ":;i ujiplies oi' grain upon exporting '•(>:!•• ;,-•. Stocks in this country are ubi: v reduccd to a low level. Xeverlln-,,., j,> an immediate contribufion urgent problems facing Jndia, Afriea, certaiu colonial terri- • - Fnrra countries and tlie Britisli A-';- in (.ermany, the (xovernment has iigiccii td di\ert l'rom the Fnited King'l"!i -tocks tiiid from shipments en tlie Fnited Ivingdom, a to'tal "1 -1 " " H ' tons of grain during April [ aii'i May. This Joan is made pos^ible k' •' •uraiices which the (to vernment | liii- ; t t-ived from the Fnited States j nnadiau (iovernments regarding fm (t ; supplies. 3 '