FOOD SUPPLIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 October 1940, Page 5

FOOD SUPPLIES

NAZI MINISTER’S SURVEY DEATH PENALTY IN FRANCE. FOR UNLAWFUL DEALINGS IN PROVISIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 30. i The German Food Minister. Herr Darre. said all the British prophecies, regarding the collapse of Germany’s supplies had proved false. The harvest was only two per cent below the average for 1934-38 and the bread supply was secure for a long period. Germany had 6.200.000 tons of grain in hand. ' The potato harvest would probably by GO 000,000 tons, or 5,000.000 above last year and the sugar beet crop had reached a record high level of 20,000,000 tons. The fat ration had not been reduced and the meat ration would not be reduced all the winter. A favourable harvest of root vegetables would permit the fattening of more pigs. The vegetable prospects were good but the fruit crop was poor. Deliveries of milk had increased by 10 to 16 per cent, making more butter available. Difficulties in Belgium and Holland were greatly exaggerated abroad. It would be their own fault if a few French towns went hungry in the winter. New penalties being imposed in France for unlawful dealings in provisions included the death penalty.