FOOD FOR BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 8

FOOD FOR BRITAIN

CHANGES IN RATIONING MARGARINE FOR BUTTER BIGGER MEAT SUPPLY (Official Wireless) (Received Sent. 26. 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 25 The Minister of Food, Lord Woolton. explaining the changes in the food rations in a broadcast speech, warned listeners: “During the second year of the war you must not expect to have all the things to choose from which you have had in the first year. I am sure that when you realise that quite suddenly we lost all the supply of butter, eggs, bacon and condensed milk that used to come from other sources of supply —Holland and Denmark—you will agree that during this last year we had everything we could expect.” Talking of the second year of the war. Lord Woolton said: “You will have enough to eat, but I shall have to ask you to be prepared for temporary changes from time to time. If you cannot have one thing we will give you another. We must be flexible. For example, we are now having to bring butter from the Southern Hemisphere instead of Denmark. Supplies will begin to arrive about November, and our stocks in this country are running down a bit. So I ask you to use a little more margarine until the new stocks of butter arrive.

“Our meat stocks, on the other hand, are really very good, and while continuing to be prudent we can release a bit more, so that for a time you will be able to have 2s 2d worth on each coupon.” Lord Woolton concluded: “There need be no doubts and no questionings. The food services of this country will see us through, and I know that the women of this country will not be failing in care and consideration in helping them to do it.”