FOOD SENT TO BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25249, 30 July 1947, Page 9

FOOD SENT TO BRITAIN

DISTRIBUTION system CRITICISED ALLEGATIONS of DELAY in releasing supplies , AUCKLAND, July 29 of lalntS , about the distribution od parcels sent by New Zealand Wrc’ 1 ??’ to Britain . were made < Fh St i e « ens ’ £ °™«ly of London, a? 18 passengers who arrived ton at2 pal , to-day on the Austral- « intendS ‘° P eo P ie in England are asking what happens to food parcels sent from New Zealand by organised bod- '„ s ’ be s ? ld - “ T have never yet met anyone who received a parcel unless it was direct from a friend. The parS? 1 ® ha Y®. pass through the hands of the Ministry of Food, and I know where a large supply Fven b ® fore it was released. Even though it is released, no one food 1 " t 0 know what happens to the

An unfair aspect of rationing In BnSj™ a that a Parson who could Mlord to buy meals in restaurants couid get as much as he or she liked. Mr Stevens said.

Mr Stevens’s remarks were referred ‘o ’ h e s ? e retary of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Red Cross society, Who said that food in bulk was forwarded, by branches of the so- *>° i°°d allocation centres n England. On arrival at the centres fo °d was forwarded to hospitals, ,. bl ’ dren ’ s h ,°, mes - and other institunf°rh’» well 2? f°. aged people. Many ... e Poorer districts were also given gifts, so that families benefited as well as institutions.

It was stated that many letters of appreciation had been received from j G j. reci P ien^s parcels forwarded from New Zealand.