MODERN MANNA.
; ; The .allpwarice: made to people who ;were in need .of assistance by the Hospital Board, said "Mrs. L. Gibson at Bfqokljrn, was totally inadequate. They ;w:ere giyen three pounds ; of tough meat, :iour-pounds: of bread,' two ounces of ■itea, and one; pound of- sugar- a week; They'were. also' giyeii '2s 'for the piir;chase:: of .groceries from ;a stipulated list;, of nearly 30 articles, Which com.prised some, very nice things, such' as hoiriey,' but.'sortirig' out what the -per-, ■son in need would buy for the' sake of ,niitrim"eht,"the purchases; were usually in the nature of the following:—Half,pound of butter, sd; a tin of condensed imilk; 7d; potatoes, 3d; cheese, 3d; oatmeal, 3d; flour, 2d; baking powder, Id. things like cocoa and honey were, ..left out of the, purchases, which had to last a,week. Fresh'milk was but of the question. A-friend she^ visitedlrecently, a first-rate cook, :was .preparing a "dinner"' of rice,.,to be ■eaten with syrup. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 11
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