CHRISTMAS FARE
BRITAIN DEPRIVED OF SUPPLIES
(Rec. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 3.
American transport troubles are likely to deprive British Christmas dinners Of 2000 tons of 4400 tons ot geese and poultry which the Ministry of Food has ordered for tn~ Christmas season, said the. Minis ei of Food (Mr. Strachey), but 2400 | tons from other countries, incl uding 400 tons from Australia, would be available. „ , eAn 1 The Ministry’s order for 11,500 tom of turkeys is also unlikely to be entirely fulfilled before Christmas owing to the- Argentine refrigeration strike, which is seriously affecting meat deliveries. Australia had delivered 650 tons of turkeys.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1946, Page 7
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