RATIONING HOTELS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3019, 5 March 1917, Page 5

RATIONING HOTELS

i>IO REGULATE CONSUMPTION OF MEAT '•-,,;', London, March 2. The Food Controller has decided on \- ,Hie compulsory rationing-of hotels and restaurants, as the existing rogula- ; . .tions, based on tho number of courses, have proved useless to reduce the consumption of meat. The rationing will be based on the .Kale which Lord Devouport asked the iiation' to accept voluntarily. Lord iDevonport is taking active steps to prevent retail prices increasing beyond Hast week's level, owing to the import •restrictions, • particularly in. regard to ilea, iii which a'rise of 2d. per pound is announced. Many labour organisations favour compulsory rationing, and tho system is growing in favour in the Houso of Commons. It is understood that a .scheme has been prepared whereby ra- ' tion tickets will be supplied through the post braces. The chief-objection fof the Government to the immediate introduction of the system is duo to tlio enormous number of extra officials required.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' WASTAGE OF FOOD IN CAMP' , London, March % In the House of Commons, Mr. H. (W. Forster (Under-Secretary ' to the [War Office) said that no doubt the wastago of food at Salisbury Plain was probably -due largely to the colonial ■ ,troops, who were higher paid. He promised an endeavour to prevent tho waste.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. WEEK-END POTATO- DIGGISG (Rec. March 4, 5.5 p.mj London, Maroh .'). Although a meatless day has not Sbeeu ordered, several West End restaurants aro following the example of ■ it-he clubs and refusing to serve 'meat .(on Fridays. :

Many thousands are working on potato patches. Some London firsas have fclosed on Saturday mornings in 'order to enable-week-end potato digging. The jiewspapers 'print instructions of vegetable growing, and tho Ministry regards, this as valuable assistance.

the Poor Law Guardians have been instructed to revise tho workhouse dietaries, varying Hour, meat, .and sugar with substitutes..

The maximum price regulations have produced a crop of prosecutions, and are seriously viewing the offences,—The "Times." -FAMINE.IN SCANDINAVIA ' (Eec. March 3, 5.5 p.! 5«) , - Copenhagen, March 2. Famine is increasing'in Scandinavia fend the submarining is severely felt. (Denmark has prohibited the use of 'electricity and gas in shop windows,' ond has ordered th 9 municipalities to iustituts publio kitchens for the sale of hot food at moderate prices. DenMark has prohibited the sale of spirits. -—The "Times.'.' ■