No Food Rationing
Rationing of foodstuffs in New Zealand is not contemplated yet, according to a letter from the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, to the Canterbury District Pig Council. The council received a letter from the Minister, acknowledging the council’s letter which notified him of a resolution adopted, “I appreciate the sentiments
underlying the resolution, but at present rationing of foodstuffs in New Zealand is not contemplated,” he said. The resolution was “deploring the fact that no steps have been taken to restrict the sale of pork when there is such urgent necessity of increasing bacon supplies for export to Britain,”
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Southland Times, Issue 24235, 19 September 1940, Page 8
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105No Food Rationing Southland Times, Issue 24235, 19 September 1940, Page 8
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