FOOD SUPPLIES IN WAR
• Sir Herbert Matthews, who was secretary of the Central Chamber of Agriculture from 1.901-27, speaking at the Royal United Service Institution, ,London, said that the problem of food supplies in war time was the first line of defence, but appeared to be the least considered by the authorities and the least understood by the man in the street. Were the mistakes and muddles of the last war going to be repeated ? A committee appointed by the Minister of Defence would be well employed in deciding what not to do if a crisis occurred. "I am forCed to the conclusion," he said, "that we ought to hold at least six months' supply of grain in silds or elevators and a further six months' supply in stadk. By the time these supplies were exhausted there would be a further six months' supply ready for harvest. Elevators should not be concentrated at ports, but scattered over the country. If the necessary storage cost the price of one battleship, or even two, it would be worth it."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 1, 16 January 1937, Page 4
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