CONDITIONS IN BELGIUM.
Belgium is now in afposition to feed!‘ any number of tourists’ who nlaycOmc§ to visit. the country, owing to agrcat‘ iinprovcment in thc_ situation during thc last few months, says a correspond cnt. Prices are far above the prewar stanclartl. bilt Eupplics generally are plentiful, except certain kinds of milk and meat. Belgium is now well provided for as regards bread‘, potatoes and wheat. . vlnciclcnt-al.l_v,_’alchohol is a drug on the Belgian niarket, owing to the semi‘Vprohibition measure which is in force In January it c_'oSt_ one‘ half francper litre (about a ‘qlla‘i‘t), But ‘now tho price is 10 centimes. In many places it is being dulll_p_éd“.l__ll'CO Vihc rivers.
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Taihape Daily Times, 2 September 1919, Page 8
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111CONDITIONS IN BELGIUM. Taihape Daily Times, 2 September 1919, Page 8
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