BRITISH PEOPLE GRATEFUL
Recent letters received in Shannon give an example of just how thankful the British'.. people are for food parcels ireceived from New Zealand. In one letter, the recipient of a food parcel from Shannon stated that the contents were almost unbelievable; jellies had not been seen since pre-war days and tinned milk was a luxury not known in that part of the country. Fat is another commodity whiclx the people of England cannot get and in expressing pleasure at receiving a tin of dripping, the writer said she wished they had some good bread to spread it on. The bread is now the colour of dark chocolate, and goes like chaff when there is not enough fatto spread over it. The writer mentioned that the month's ration points had been used up to buy two tins of casserole steak. It was stated that one of their Women's Institute members had received a parcel of cooking fat and fruit from Australia, and she was making a cake so that all of her friends could share in her good fortune. A local serviceman, in a recent letter home stated that the rationing had not improved any and the country is now as low as it can go.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1946, Page 3
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