THE FOOD OUTLOOK
PROSPECTS OF RATIONS FOR
BRITAIN
CONSUMPTION MUST BE
REDUCED
(ItBDTBR'S TEI.EGRAU.) LONDON, 25th April. During the'course of a debate in the Houee of Lords on the question of the limitation ol food, Lord Devonporfc (the Food Controller) impressed upon the House the necessity for a reduction in the consumption of bread to 41b per head per week. Meat consumptioa had been considerably reduced, but the sugar allowance must be reduced to £lb per week. - It would depend " upon the people's consumptwnof bread and other foodstuffs within tire next two months whether compulsory rationing, would be found necessary. He then warned them that in the meantime the machinery for compulsory rationing was ( being organised, and declared that "if some diminution in consumption was not 'accomplished, we would not get through to the next harvest except with severe privation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170427.2.48.26
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 7
Word Count
140THE FOOD OUTLOOK Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in