BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY
, NOTHING ALARMING IN SITUATION SPEECH BY LORD RHONDDA (Rec. January 5, 1.10 a.m.) London, January 3. Lord Rhondda,. Food Controller,, in opening a communal kitchen at Silvertown, said: "It is inevitable that there will be shortages in certain but there is nothing alarming, in the situation, and it will be only necessary to tighten our belts. Our privations aro nothing compared to Germany's. I am afraid Britain will have io adopt compulsory rationiug.- I have nearly completed a scheme, which will be put into operation after it. has received Cabinet sanction. The production of British margarine has enormously increased, and it is hoped there will bo a big supply of butter and margarine in six months' time." Lord Rhondda acMed that he hoped to furthor reduce the price of tea. He appealed for patience regarding meat, of which there would bo a great shortago during the next fortnight, but Piter that conditions would improve. The increased cost ( of essential foodstuffs was under 60 per cent., and bad decreased 10 per cont. during the past six months.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 87, 5 January 1918, Page 7
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181BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 87, 5 January 1918, Page 7
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