NO IMMEDIATE MOVE
RATIONING IN BRITAIN
BUTTER AND BACON
(British Official Wireless.;
Reed. 12 noon RUGBY, Nov. 5. Although no definite date has been officially announced for the introduction of the rationing of butter and bacon—the only two commodities which it has been considered necessary to ration in the near future —it has been announced to take place sometime m the middle of December Recently, the press suggested that
rationing may be postponed until al'.er Christmas. Informed quarters point out that the introduction of the
rationing scheme for butter and bacon does not denote a permanent shortage of either commodity.
Normal percentages of total imports from Denmark are: Bacon, 50; butter, 25. A temporary dislocation of supplies, due to the submarine campaign, occurred for a brief period at the end of September, but the convoy system now enables the resumption of shipments on a satisfactory scale, and ample butter from New Zealand and bacon from Canada are assured, the United Kingdom having first claim on all supplies of the former.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 6 November 1939, Page 7
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170NO IMMEDIATE MOVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 6 November 1939, Page 7
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