SAVED BY RATIONING

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1946, Page 2

SAVED BY RATIONING

DETAILS OF FOOD SENT TO BRITAIN GREATER AID POSSIBLE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 18. Savings in butter and meat from the rationing of these foodstuffs in New Zealand, were announced by the Rationing Controller (Mr A. J. 'Costelloe) in an address' to-night in which he appealed for support for the “Food for Britain” campaign inaugurated by the famine emergency committee, of which he is a member. He said that since the inception of butter rationing in October, 1943, New Zealand had saved 26,000 tons of butter. More than 40,000 tons of meat had been withdrawn from civilian consumption in the two years that meat had been a rationed commodity, and 130,000 baconer pigs had been withdrawn from civilian consumption since June, 1943, by unofficial rationing of ham and bacon. Britain was in dire need of baconer carcases, said Mr Costelloe. Hence there was an obligation on Ne\y Zealand to save all ham and bacon possible. New Zealand’s contribution had been good, but people could assist further by voluntary rationing. These further contributions would either assist Britain to maintain her meagre ration, or increase it. Britain was also short of fats, apart from butter and cheese. Everyone should begin at once to save surplus household fat. An announcement on the subject would be made as soon as plans for reception depots were completed. Mr Costelloe said some of the reasons for the shortage of food in the world to-day were that stock piles -of reserves had disappeared during the war, that labour and manpower were not available to attend to cultivation of the land and crops.