BRITISH FOOD CONTROL.
QUESTION OF BREAD v. BEER. (Australian and N-Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. Jan. 25. The Food Controller lias decided Avith a view to augmenting the supply of barley and sugar for purposes of food, also economising transport, labor, and fuel, that the beer output from April Ist shall be 70 per cent, of the output for the. current financial year. The Government correspondingly restricts the release of wines and spirits from bond. Lord Devonport, explaining the beer restrictions/says the question of bread versus beer, which has now diminished half since the Avar begin, thus, saving 286,000 tons of barley and 36,000 tons of sugar.
A deputation of trade unionists urged the Food Controller to issue sugar tickets, to secure more equitable distribution. Mr. Bathurst replied that he was earnestly considering the matter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4458, 27 January 1917, Page 5
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