NEED OF CHEAPER FOOD
— —- SIR JAMES PARR’S VIEW ON MALNUTRITION RESTORATION OF PURCHASING POWER ADVOCATED (UICTBP FUH UKCUTIOIMiOFIIISRI (Received October 2, 9.45 p.m-) GENEVA, October- 2. When the league committee on malnutrition resumed its discussion. Sir James Parr (New Zealand) declared that the most satisfactory way to attack the problem was along the line of increasing purchasing power. New Zealand had restored wages to the pre-depression level and at the same time had reduced hours. Food, however, was still too dear because of inefficient . distribution. Too many unnecessary middlemen were handling Dominion produce.. For instance, New Zealand apples costing, 8d a pound in Europe brought the grower t nly a penny a pound. v . The league’s valuable work on nutrition should not be used as an excuse for individual governments delaying action. It was gratifying to find that some governments had already realised their obligations.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 15
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