THE FOOD PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 88, 7 January 1918, Page 5

THE FOOD PROBLEM

A WORLD-WIDE SHORTAGE APPEAL TO AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS (R«c. January 6, 6.5 p.m.) London, January 4. Mr. Lloyd George, in a message to the agricultural' labourers, appeals to them to do tlieir utmost to, grow more .food. Hβ says: "There will be'a'worldwide ehortage of food. We may have to feed the Army and Navy, and also ourselves, on what we can grow horo. —Reuter. , MILK ALLOWANCE ORDERED FOR CHILDREN AND INVALIDS. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 5. The. Food Controller, Lord Rhondda, lias ordered that from January 21 children Tiiider eighteen months shall Iβ allowed no more than a pint and a half of milk daily; thoso between eighteen months and five years, ono pint; end invalids are to be allowed the quantities medically recommended. Ilia Food Committees aro to decido whether the scheme is necessary in their own areas.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter, SMIIHFIELD WITHOUT MUTTON (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 4. Butchers stood in long queues at Smithfiekl before daylight, but the wholesalers were without mutton. It is stated that the Government will ielease 20,000 carcasses of frozen mutton to-morrow.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.