THE FOOD SHORTAGE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 7

THE FOOD SHORTAGE

FRENCH BREAD SUBSIDY WITHDRAWN

COSTLY AND WASTEFUL SYSTEM (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Paris, December 18. Tho Government has decided tf> withdraw tho bread subsidy, which is costing jCIGO,OOO,OOO and would hnvo been' even higher but for favourable contracts with Australia and America which aro now ended. American wheat costing 100s. has been selling to French bakers at 10s. Tho price of bread will now bo about doubled. The old scheme resulted in iv terrible waste of bread, which was sometimes cheaper than potatoes. Agriculturists used bread to feed pigs, chickens, and rabbits.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i

EMBARGO ON SOUTH'AFRICAN EXPORT

KAILWAYMEN TAKING ACTION. ' Cape Town, December 19. Tho embargo on tho export of foodstuffs continues. The Railway Union, in sympathy with its members in tho inland centres, is taking action to provent the railing of food to the coast— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS.

Capo Town, December 19. Mr. H. Burton, Jfihister of Railways and Harbours, interviewed by the local trade union secretaries, pointed out that tho Government had already stopped the exportation of meat, bacon, and eggs, and would act similarly with respect to other commodities in which a shortage existed. The Government was doing its utmost to protect consumers, while taking heed of the importance of not. destroying the export trade. He characterised tho direct action of the whites in inflaming the native mind as most dangerous and reprehensible.—Renter.