FOOD FOR BRITAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 20 June 1946, Page 2

FOOD FOR BRITAIN

-Press AssociatioK

— ♦ .. butterand meat saved

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_ ..AVFLLI X(rPON,.Junc IS. , Follou'ing are tlie iigures for ratioii coupous O-f bqttef aiul meat saved for the past weelc, given for the 20 chief postal districts in order of merit based on population? —

j With some districts making remark- ; able elt'orts, the Iigures sliow a 43 per ' tent, inereasc on those of last week. The ! committee states that this week also ; ihe tenth — the 2,000,000 mark lias lioou ' passed, the grand total now being i 3,125,195 coupous. I Gisborne won for thc sccond week in ! succession with a rccord total for any : district in any week based on popula- ; tion. The savings were cqual to thrcc I cou])ous per liousehold. Fifteen districts showed increases for thc week : out of the total of 20 but the savings : iigures are still being seriously affected ; by what has become known as ''the itragedy of Wellington and Auckland." ! Whangarei district is also a large oue ; in wliicli savings are nothing likc coi'njparablo with its large population. TliOi ;national committee feels it cannot, ' make its appeal to these districts • urgeut enough. Nothing but a local juitriotic spirit will bring the responso. It draws attention to the rcfercncc to ! food made by the Governor-General, Sir : Bcrnard Freyberg, in his iirst speecli in : New Zcaland, when he spoke of the pliglit of the people of Britain and tlieir ! magniiicent war elTort. To give some idea of the Iigures, the Auckland and, ; Wellington savings are no.t equal to oue coupon in four houseliolds each week. A lack of response on tlie West Ooast ^ of the Houth Isiand has been apparent | from the start. The savings there are j less tinui one coupon each week from ' every seveu to eight houseliolds. Otherwisep the Iigures for "the week show the great result of the local effort and local cuthusiasm. The organisation of tlie fats drive, wliicli is very urgent, also made excellent headway during the week. .

Butter Meat Gisbonie 1,017 25,225 Nelson 498 10,307 Masterton .. .. 221 8,291 Napier .. . .■ .. .. 1,313 21,005 Hamilton .. .. .. 070 27,875 Blenheim . , . . . . 390 Oamaru 77 3,503 Timaru 329 0,890 Thames 183 6,213 Ghristchurch .. .. 1,101 29,835 luvercargill . . . . 403 l'almerston North 291 7,743 New Plymouth .. 278 0,380 Wanganui 448 5,168 Dunedin 002 10,285 Wellington .. .. 425 12,098 Auckland 015 19,540 Whangarei .... 278 2,795 West port 20 ""401 Grevmoutli .... 97 S98