LONDON PEOPLE.
ESCAPE FROM DANGER.
BILLETS AND FOOD SUPPLY. (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, October, 1. Mr Malcolm MacDonald (Minister of Health) stated that an opportunity was being givien to mothers and children in six more London boroughs to evacuate to the country-. The Government was arranging transport and billets and paying a lodging allowance to householders. The evacuation plan now applies to 14 boroughs. Lord Woolton (Minister of Food) stated that 58 emergency" feeding centres have been opened in London’s bombed areas. Provision has also been made for a further 2GO. Food is available to anyone ready and willing, to pay". There is no desire to give anything for nothing. Arrangements have also been made for mobile vans to feed people in shelters, particularly in the mornings. Similf r feeding centres are being stablished' in other big centres.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 305, 2 October 1940, Page 5
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