RATIONING OF FOOD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24414, 27 September 1940, Page 8

RATIONING OF FOOD

POSITION IN BRITAIN RECENT CHANGES EXPLAINED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY. Sept. 25. The Minister for Food. Lord Woolton, explaining changes in the food rations in a broadcast speech, v/arned listeners: "During, the second vear of war vou must not expect to have all the things to choose from that you have had in the first year. I am sure, when you realise that quite suddenly we have lost all the suocly of butter, eggs, bacon and condensed milk that used to come from other sources of supply—Holland and Denmark—you v/ill agree that during this last year we have had everything we could expect" Talking of the second year of war, Lord Woolton said: "You will have enough to eat, but I shall have to ask vou to be prepared for temporary changes from time to time. If you cannot have one thing, we will give you another. We must be flexible. For example, we are now having to bring butter from the Southern Hemisphere instead of Denmark. The suDplies will .begin to arrive about November, and our stocks in this country are running down a bit; so I ask vou to use a little more margarine until the new stocks of butter arrive. "Our meat stocks, on the other hand, are really very good, and while continuing to be prudent, we can release a bit more so that for a time you will be able to have 2s 2d worth on each coupon." Lord Woolton concluded: "There need be no doubts, and no questionings that the food services of this countrv will see us through, and I know that the women of this country will not be failing in care and consideration to help them to do it."