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LONDON Wlest E-nd luxury hotels an.l restaurants were accused of cornering the market of offals at a meeting of Hackney's Anti-Black Market Committee. Mr. E. E. Mill, secretary of the ccmmittee, said that in Smithfield Market offal was regularly hohght up by hoteli^rs and rcjstauratef ts, with the result that London butchers received no supplies. The chairman, Mr. C. H. Darke, president of Hackney Trades Council, criticised Dr. Edith Snmmerskill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, for not beir.g- -present to answer questions. "We asked Mr. Strachey, her hoss, ; to come along," he said, "and were ; told that he was too busy but that ; Dr. Summerskill would deputise for ; him." I The meeting decided to hold an I anti-'black market week to organise I committees in every street and tene- ' ment, and to send a deputation to » housewives to discuss measures to j heat the blaek market Avith Mr. ; Strachey.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 3
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