RATIONING
Sir, —“H.S.’s” love of his own and New Zealand’s well-being seems so strong that he opposes unreasonably reduced rations. Were he not obviousIv a patriot, I would suspect his indignation Was founded on fear of personal discomfort rather than altruism. Since when has it been “high-handed for a democratically elected executive of a considerable section of the country to make a recommendation to the Government? How can such action be construed as “dictating to the rest of the community”? The suggestion that the sharp increase of tuberculosis, eye defects, and general malnutrition in New Zealand is wholly or partly due to rationing can claim little scientific support. Since the Government is too busy sending voluntarily surrendered butter to Canada and the United States, and since too many New Zealanders seem to love food more than their fellow men, the action Of the Returned Services’ Association executive appears for once to be worthy.—Yours, etC ’ TIMOTHY. March 17, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25139, 21 March 1947, Page 2
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