FOOD IN WAR TIME

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1937, Page 7

FOOD IN WAR TIME

BRITAIN’S' WHEAT OPTION

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LONDON, December 28.

The “Daily Herald” declares that an option .over the entire Canadian wheat crop, to ensure part of Great Britain’s food supply in a time of emergency, lias been arranged by the Board of Trade and by the Minister Tor the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thoma.s Inskip), after secret negotiations between Whitehall experts and the Canadian Wheat Board, which have been going, on for some months. If the option is taken up it will cost Great Britain about £100,000,000, plus £5,000,000, the price of the option. This is only part of a great scheme of importing and storing emergency supplies. Old disused ports on the south-west coast'.'are 'to become -receiving centres, instead of vulnerable targets such as the ports of London, Hull, and Newcastle. New ports are being surveyed at Poole, Falmouth, Milford Haven, Maryport, the Dee estuary, Holyhead, and Stranraer. To convert Poole into a first-class port will cost £1,000,000. ___ OFFICIAL DENIAL. (Received December 30, 2.15 p.m.) OTTAWA, December 29. The London report that an option has been taken over the Canadian wheat crop, is officially denied. HEALTH OF NAVY. I

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RUGBY, December 28.

The high standard of health in the British Navy was exemplified in the new low record for invalidity attained in 1935, for which an analysis of the complete health statistics has just been published. '