BUTTER RATIONING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1943, Page 6

BUTTER RATIONING

Before End of Year

AUCKLAND, This Day.

A statement that butter was to be rationed in New Zealand, probably before Christmas, was made by Mr. A. F, Moncur, Labour candidate for the Rotorua seat, when speaking at Rotorua last night. Mr. Moncur said that New Zealanders were recognised as the greatest butter consumers in the ■world, the average consumption being 471b a head a year or 15 ounces a person a week. In Britain the rationing quota was only two ounces a week, and in order that the British; Government might maintain this quota, rationing would be imposed in New Zealand before the end of the present year. The candidate also forecast a continuation of the egg shortage in the Dominion next year, and said that under reciprocal lend-lease New Zealand supplied 3,660,000 dozen eggs to American forces stationed in the Dominion.

lenged and had to dispense with the man's services

"Public servants assist Government policy whatever Government is in office and■ help to put it into, operation,", said Mr. Fraser. "Were it otherwise we could not have done our job."

MRS. DREAVER EXPLAINS

P.A. AUCKLAND, This Day. Speaking at Northcote, Mrs. Mary Dreaver, who made reference to public servants in her recent broadcast address, said that her statements had been misconstrued.

"I did not attack the civil servants," she said. "I attacked those who did not treat people with the civility they deserve."

Her reference was particularly to some of the younger social security officers, she said.