BRITAIN’S FOOD
VALUE. OF REFRIGERATION. At a, dinner- given by file Cold StorageAssociation in London on June 2' (says a cable to firs Australian Press-) Sir Joseph Brood-bank, who presided, said that there wore now 250 British ships with a refrigerating accommodation of 50,000,000 cubic foot. It was noteworthy that the number and capacity of these ships was greater than over, despite the U boats. Mr Roberts, Food Controller, referring to the value of refrigeration, mentioned that since January, 1918. there had never boon loss than 83,000,000 tons of produce stored in -the United Kingdom, over half of which was meat. “Tho war revealed that tho greatest of our weaknesses has been our dependence on outside sources of supply,” said Mr Roberts. “We should ascertain whether lay arrangement with the Dominions we can, by a dual policy of home resources and Empire supplies, rid ourselves of the menace of trusts.” He added that it might be necessary to continue tho oonteol of food even throughout the winter, for if prices soared with_ short supplies and unequal distribution, anything might occur in the present agitation of tho public mind.
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Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 7
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188BRITAIN’S FOOD Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 7
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