BRITISH FOOD PROBLEM.
SHORTAGE OF SOME LINES. NOTHING ALARMING IN THE SITUATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Jan. 3. , Lord Rhondda, m opening a communal kitchen at Silvertown, said there would inevitably be shortages of certain foods, but there was nothing alarming m the situation. It was only necessary to. tighten our belts. Our privations were nothing compared to Germany's. He was afraid Britain would have to adopt com-, pulsory rationing, and he had nearly completed a scheme which he would put into operation after Cabinet had sanctioned it. The production of British margarine had enormously increased, and he hoped there would be a big supply of butter and margarine m six months' time. Lord Rhondda added that he hoped to further reduce tea prices. He appealed for patience as regards meat, of which there would be a great shortage during the next fortnight, but thereafter it would improve. The cost of essential foodstuffs was under 60 per cent., a decrease of 10 per cent, during the past six months.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14495, 5 January 1918, Page 3
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