FOOD IN BRITAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 121, 18 November 1943, Page 6

FOOD IN BRITAIN

DEPENDENCE ON DOMINIONS Rec. 9 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 17. ; Eating in Britain now was more of . a necessary act than an act which gave pleasure, said Mr. Bankes Amery, leader of the British Food ' Mission to Australia and New Zea- '. land, in a broadcast tonight. In a world which was producing less food than ever, he said, it was impossible : for Britain to feed her soldiers and the : civil population on the pre-war scale. ■ The British ration was 14d worth of meat, 2oz of butter, and 3oz of cheese a week, and consequently there was danger unless the supplies from Aus- ' tralia and New Zealand were fully kept up. • : "Britain knows that Australia and : New1 Zealand are feeding troops and : have great demands on their products," he said, "but nevertheless she : is confident that all the partners of the British Commonwealth, having ; already decided to sink or swim to- ; gether in this war, will see to it that, regardless of hardship, Britain's meat ■, and dairy produce rations are main- : tamed. Britain has agreed to provide i the whole of the shipping required for ■ the purpose." ; Mr. Amery described how the British ! housewife endeavours to make the ' best of the drab domestic wartime routine, and told of incidents showing ' how Britain, in the fifth year of war, ■ was still keeping up its spirits. It was still one of the joys of social life in i Britain to ask friends to have a meal : in your home, but when the rations were low invitations were worded ■ rather differently than in normal- ' times. A man recently said to friends whom he met after a long separation, "How about bringing your wife and some grub to supper at our place tomorrow?" ' .