FOOD IN GERMANY.
DI KING the last few months many Dutch workmen have given up highly paid work ip Germany and returned to Holland, rather than endure food privations on the other side of the frontier. One such artisan recently arrived at Attiel, in Holland, after having been in constant employment at Duisburg, not far from Essen, for l(i years. He stated that wages were very high, and he himself earned 10s per day, hut hunger had driven him to leave. On several occasions for three consecutive days at a time there was no bread, butter, or fat of any kind available. Meat was extremely scarce, and what there was of it difficult to buy. Of potatoes and green vegetables there appeared to
lie sufficient available, but they could only be bought in very smnll quantities on presentation of' food tickets. The price of eggs in Rhineland, where they were more plentiful than in many parts of Germany, was 30 pfennings each. Rooks were being sold at Gd apiece, and are in great demand.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1599, 17 August 1916, Page 2
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174FOOD IN GERMANY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1599, 17 August 1916, Page 2
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