MORE FOOD FOR BRITAIN
AUSTRALIAN PLANS INCREASES IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 12. Australia will increase meat shipments to Britain this year from 200,000 tons to 300,000 tons, as part of 1,000,000 tons of foodstuffs to relieve Britain's desperate food shortage. The main increase in other food exports will be: wheat, from 31,000,000 to 55,000,000 bushels: dried fruits, from 23,000 to 45,000 tons; canned fruits, from 500,00 b to 1.000,000 Cases; eggs, 12,000,000 to 30,000.000 dozen. ‘ About 20,000.0001 b of egg pulp and 1,400,0001 b of egg powder will also be sent. Australia has £1,000,000 worth of processed vegetables ready for immediate shipment. Efforts are being made to ship 35,000,000 bushels of wheat before June. The produce will be cleared as rapidly as shipping becomes available as the outcome of a “short-haul” policy to ensure the maximum use of refrigerated shipping space.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24799, 13 February 1946, Page 7
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