BRITAIN FACES MEAT SHORTAGE
Shipments Delayed by Waterfront Troubles rn 1 t r \ I AMnnM Ifl
(Rec. I 1.5 a.m.)
LONDON, February 18
Mr John Strachey, speaking at a Press conference, said: “ The meat situation generally is very tight. It is not now a matter of supplies, but of actual shipments arriving. They are having waterfront troubles in Australia and New Zealand, which we cannot regard with equanimity in view of our stock position. If there is further delay we might suffer very severely, and it is conceivable under such circumstances that | the ration will be reduced.”
Mr Strachey, announcing his departure for Canada to-morrow, emphasised that the fact that he was making the journey indicated that no very serious effects on food supplies were now expected from the fuel shortage. Mr Strachey’s departure was postponed when the fuel crisis first arose.
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Evening Star, Issue 26030, 19 February 1947, Page 7
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