MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

SOLVING THE FOOD PROBLEM

SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIES EFFECTED.

SHIPPING SPACE FOR TEXTILE FABRICS.

Wellington, Last Night,

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has forwarded the following statement to the Governor-General: The Food Ministry Reports that, notwithstanding the enforced reduction of the amount of meat consumed, there has been a noticeable absence of complaint from any quarter. Heavy workers are now receiving supplementary cations of bacon, rendered available by considerable imports of American bacon, the portion that in not needed for immediate consumption being stored against tbe requirements of the summer period. Substantial economies are being effected in the consumption of bread, whioh is on a lower level than during the same period last year. The Food Burner Board has organised a national factory for the utilisation of meat residuals, which have hitherto been wasted. This factory is now producing daily about a ton of black puddings, which are exempted from coupon restrictions and are in large demand. National kitchens are making rapid progress, three fresh ones having been opened this week. The Board of Trade reports that a Textile Exports Shipping Committee has been set up to apportion available •pace among export houses, a difficulty having been experienced in providing sufficient space for the export of textiles to distant countries.