BACON & BUTTER
RATIONING TO BE INSTITUTED IN BRITAIN NO RESTRICTIONS ON MEAT & SUGAR. NEED OF AVOIDING WASTE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON. November 1. Mr W. S. Morrison (Food Minister) stated in the House of Commons that bacon and butter rationing would be instituted from the middle of December. The allowance probably would bo four ounces of each weekly per individual. Ration books wore being issued. Customers would be requested to register with a retailer of their own choice. The Minister added that it was unnecessary to ration meat and sugar. Supplies were sufficient to meet norma! requirements. He emphasised the importance of avoiding food wastage. The tpur ounce ration would depend on a continuance of the present rate of supply- Bacon and butter were perishable find could not be stored. Therefore no reserve existed at the outbreak of war. Supplies were expected to increase, but imports from Europe had been reduced and there was insufficient t ; ‘i| j'lic gap from more distant • Ti-.,-; amount of rationing m the supply from tin
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 5
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176BACON & BUTTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 5
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