FOOD IN WAR TIME.
NO NEED FOR ANXIETY, DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, May 14. In the House of Commons Mr A. F. Bird raised a discussion regarding food supplies in war time. He urged the Government to relieve the taxes on land and encourage corn growing, also to encourage . ship-owners to build "greyhound" grain-carriers. Mr A. H. Lee said the Government had persistently neglected the matter. Home supplies were decreasing, and foreign supplies increasing. Meanwhile the relative naval strength had steadily been waning. Mr Kunciman. denied that the Navy had been weakened. The Imperial Defence Committee was considering the question of food supplies. It had also consulted, and made certain arrangements with, the oversea Governments. There was no ground for anxiety. Supplies sufficient for 16 weeks were always at hand.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 84, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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