FOOD SUPPLIES FOR BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24800, 14 February 1946, Page 4

FOOD SUPPLIES FOR BRITAIN

INTENTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT MAYOR OF AUCKLAND SEEKS INFORMATION (P.A.) AUCKLAND, February 13. A request for advice whether the Government proposes to take any action to send additional supplies of food to the United Kingdom has been made by the Mayor of Auckland (Mr J. A. C. Allum) in a letter to the ActingPrime Minister (the Rt. Hon. W. Nash).

Mr Allum expresses the opinion that a reduction in the foodstuffs for home consumption would meet with general approval if it would result in more food being made available to the people of Britain. “From representations made to me, it is clear that people here have an earnest desire to take some definite action with the object of assisting to alleviate the hardships of our kinsfolk in the homeland so far as the food situation is concerned,” states Mr Allum in the letter.

He asks for advice on the following points: (1) whether the Government proposes to take action to restrict consumption of foodstuffs for the benefit of people in Britain; (2) whether an appeal to the public for money and coupons with which to purchase rationed goods would result in their free distribution as additions to rations in Britain, and (3) whether there are any restrictions on the export to Britain of goods not rationed here and there.