WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE
Sir,—jMany well-meaning persons seem to think that the British people can be helped immediately by the reduction of rations here. Others not so well-meaning make political capital out of attacks on our prodigality witn dairy produce. If I thought Britain would benefit, I should gladly live on the British ration. However, I know from experience that the people who could afford restaurant and hotel meals in England have not gone short throughout the war. (No coupons for meals there!) The rich had “fream” (real cream pretending to be ersatz) and plenty of ice cream. I was in South Africa, where there was no rationing, when shipments of New Zealand mutton and lamb, intended for Britain, were diverted to the Union for civilian consumption. I have seen Australian butter on sale in Durban at 5s 6d a pound. The greatest waste in New Zealand to-day is of edible fats, and these could be sent to Britain if so many ships were not needed for luxury travel.—Yours, etc., VARIAN J. WILSON. February 12, 1946.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24802, 16 February 1946, Page 5
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