THE FOOD PROBLEM.
THE PRICE OR TEA. FIXED BY FOOD CONTROLLER. LONDON, March 17. Lord Devonport has arranged llmt, tea shall be retailed after May Ist at 2/2 per pound. Upwards of 40 per cent, of Indian and Ceylon import* will be allocated to the trade to ensure a reasonable supply. He has also that, the retail price of good r-nre coffea shall 1)8 1/6 per pound forthwith. AGRICULTURAL LABOUR, STATEMENT BY CHANCELLOiL LONDON, March 16. In the House of Commons Mr. Boimr Law stated that in connection with t;ie withdrawal of men from the army for agriculture, that Die Cabinet, had informed the War Office and the Board of Agriculture, that it regarded the production of food as even more important than the sending of additional men for the army.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 March 1917, Page 5
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