RESTAURANT TRADE
LOCAL BODY POWERS OPEN COMPETITION LONDON. Nov. 28. Moving in the House of Commons the second reading of the Civil Restaurants Bill, the Minister of Food, Mr. J. Strachey, said its primary purpose was to enable local authorities, if they desired, to continue the service of public meals at .present existing under the general title of British Restaurants, which was born in 1940 to meet needs under the blitz. The bill provided that local authorities must not let restaurants become a charge on the rates. Mr. R. S. Hudson (Conservative — Southport) moved the rejection of the bill. He said that under the bill a local authority could acquire compulsorily an existing restaurant or hotel and rrn it in competition with private caterers. The Opposition motion on the restaurants’ Bill was defeated by 272 votes to 116.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 6 December 1946, Page 6
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