EGG RATION
TEMPORARY REDUCTION. OVERSEAS DEMAND. "Retailers of eggs have been on a 50 jper cent. ration for some time now," said the Acting-Director of Internal Marketing, Mr R. P. Fraser, at Wellington, "and supplies coming to hand from country districts and from the south have made it possible to maintain this figure over a period. "This week, however, a very heavy increase in demand has taken place for overseas requirements, and it is likely that the ration will be reduced for this week to 25 per cent. of normal. Dunedin, Christchurch and Hawkes Bay are contributing a very big proportion of these external supplies. "I feel sure that the public appreciates the need for supplying the priority demands which unfortunately cannot always be known in advance, but the division is gradually building up a reserve of supplies to meet these sudden calls and thus enable, as far as possible, a constant ration to be maintained." v
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 244, 16 October 1942, Page 4
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157EGG RATION Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 244, 16 October 1942, Page 4
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