BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Renter. LONDON, November 22. Mr Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has conferred with hotelkeepers on the subject of economising food. Subsequently he conferred with manufacturing confectioners on the question of the consumption of sugar. He arranged for members of the Cabinet to address meetings in different parts of the country. Mr Runciman, in an impressive address to tho hotelkeepers, urged the necessity for greater economy. He said there must be one or two meatless days weekly, and they must decrease the amount of imported foods. If the hotelkeepers did not act the Government would intervene.
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Evening Star, Issue 16280, 24 November 1916, Page 3
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106BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY. Evening Star, Issue 16280, 24 November 1916, Page 3
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