EMPIRE'S FOOD
PRACTICAL PROPAGANDA
A PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON
STIMULATING THE DEMAND.
<DXIT«» PRESS ASSOCUTION—COPIWaHTC.)
(REDIER'S TELEGHAJI.) . LbiSTDON, 18th May.
A luncheon was given in the' House of- ] Commons by Commander A. fr ftawspn (Con.) to deirioristrate^the food possibilities of the Empire^ and to draw attention to "Empire Shopping Week," which is opening.. at Brighton to-day. All th 6 food arid drink and cigara consumed aii the lUncheoh were produced in. the Empire..,.,."..,.. . . ". / Mi 1. Lioppld Amery,. the Colonial Sec. retpi-y, in proposing, the toast, of tliil Empire, .said the lunchfeon proved jthat tile consumer was mister of-the situation, arid if. they wanted to develop the Empire they must consume the goods which it abundantly produced. One method was. the establishment ..of .preference in British taxation; in which tie wa? a firm believer. The other was ecl'ucatibij, as Commander Rawsori was showing. ... . . . Mr,. Sniii, the South .African High Ooriimisiio'ner, Said people were .too apt .to take whatever the... grocer, supplied, arid, not insist on Empire goods, fie suggested tfrat iriai'ze', a. : staple food in South Africa, would save the flour situation in. Britain. The poor, man could breakfast on maiie for abbut a farthing. . . Sir Arthur Myers, of.New Zealand, also replied to the toast.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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202EMPIRE'S FOOD Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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