FOOD AND FAT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 16 December 1947, Page 8

FOOD AND FAT

AID FOR BRITAIN SURENDER OF COUPONS Both meat and butter coupon surrenders and fat deposited at Gisborne were well up to previous figures last week although the approach of Chrisfmas places an extra burden on housewives in providing extra food. Throughout the district 263 butter coupons, equal to 13141 bof butter and 8968 meat coupons, the equivalent of £149 2s 8d of meat in cash value, were surrendered to assist in the Food for Britain appeal. An increase was also shown in the amount of fat deposited at the Gisborne depot. 5041 b being received during the week. At Tokomaru Bay 40 butter and 3984 meat coupons were received by the postmaster from the Tokomaru Bay native school. Almost all of the T 094 meat coupons cancelled by the postmaster at Opotiki were received from the Raukokore school. The silent street appeal in Gisborne Inst Friday produced 24 butter and 681 meat coupons, which was a large proportion of the coupons cancelled by the Gisborne post office. Coupon surrenders credited to the main post offices in the Gisborne district for the week ending December 13 are as follows: Gisborne, butter, 24, meat, 1014: Matawai, 32. 139; Motu, 31, 175; Opotiki, —. 1094; Ruatoria, 9, 84; To Araroa, 24. 278: To Karaka, 67, 410; Tokomaru Bay, 60, 5256: Tolaga Bay, 16, 498; district totals, 263, 8948.