Public Dinners Not Now Restricted
LOXDOX, (March 11. The Food Minister (.Mr. Strachey; said in tae House of Fominons that tlie (iovenimeiit had deeided to drop tiie regulat ion prolii bil ing gatherings oi more tluin oue htindred guests at otlieial dinners. The Aliiiistee said 110thing >houid give tlie inipression that tlie necil for nntional eeonoinv was less to-day than it was lastQ autumn whau the regulat ion was imposed, but experienee liad shown that the eontroi oi jmiilie funetions by tlie limitatidn of 1 numbers was not tlie most aj)]iropriat( niethod. Reslaurants and hotels . w iU, however. eontinue to be restricted to a basif eliarge of 5s for eaeli meal with a limii of 7s (id per liead for e.xtra eharges. Jn eases wliere it is eonsidered neeessary to exeeed the total eharge oi' 12s (id a liead it will still be neeessary to obtain a speeial lieence from -the Food .Mimst ry. Managers of IVest End hotels said subsefpienllv that lliey eould not aflor. to serve meals at 12s (id a head in pri vate rooms and wonld therefore ha1-' to apply for speeial permisison to eliarge more.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 5
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