FOOD SUPPLY.
GETTING SHORT
(Received This Dav at 10.15. a..m.) CONDON, Jan. 19. I/ord Rhonda speaking at Alwych Club s aid'without wishing to alarm the public we had reached the state that Germany reached two year s ago. Now her position was • perilous. He deprecated attempts to sht class against class. The rich and middle classes had responded more generally to economy appeals than the wage earners. There was evidence of farmers deliberately withholding supplies. He concluded. — There is no, prospect of a meat famine such a s affects Germany, but we might economise more in meat for a few months .
FOOD PROTESTS. 'Received This Dav at 12.25. p.m.) J LONDON January 20. There are instances of workers adopting a threatening tone regarding the food shortage. A number of workmen at Middlesborough abstained from work and deputationed the local Food Committee. They declared they were working sixteen hours daily on bread and jam. Manchester and surrounding areas have agreed to adopt the ration scheme when the Food Controller is able to guarantee supplies.^ Crowds at Sheffield besieged the Bel-'' gian horsflesb shops, where large sales were made. ’
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1918, Page 3
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