YEAR OF BUTTER AND MEAT FOR BRITAIN
-Press Association
By TelegrapH—
WELLINGTON, April 16. In the New Zealand Famine Emergency Conunittee's campaign to save rnore food for Britain, Christchurch last week contributed a total of 1746 butter coupons and 57,878 meat coupons, an average of more than one coupon for each household and four times as many as the total gifts by the other three main centres. Christchurch has, throughout the campaign, gained a high place on the weekly lists. Second place last week was gained by Palmerston North which also contributed more than one coupon for each household. Gifts of coupons last week, 3646 butter and 148,148 meat, were the highest this year. The total gifts for the 52 weeks are 9,073,186 meat and 351,473 butter coupons, an average of 22 coupons for each household in the Dominion.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 6
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139YEAR OF BUTTER AND MEAT FOR BRITAIN Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 6
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