EMPIRE MEAT.
Feeding Britain's Defence Forces. MANY TONS EACH WEEK. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 4. The Secretary for War, Mr. L. Hore Belisha, in the House of Commons, said that the Army and Air Force on Home stations consume 29,000cwt of Empire meat and 22cwt of home-killed meat every month. The Navy in Home waters consumes 4500cwt of Empire and lOOcwt of homekilled meat, while the Fleet abroad consumed 2600cwt, nearly all Empire production.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 183, 5 August 1939, Page 9
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75EMPIRE MEAT. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 183, 5 August 1939, Page 9
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