BRITISH FOOD RESTRESTIONS.
THE ECONOAIY CAMPAIGN CUTTING DOWN TEE AIE AT ELL
(Australian and N.Z. Cabla Assn.i (Received Feb. 16. 8.55 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 16 There is a strong demand for sixpound tins of beef and mutton from the shops and restaurants. As a Jesuit of Lord Devonport’s propc-mds the demand on Smithfield from the AVest End and better class suburbs has materially decreased, but ’-ho poor districts are buying freely. The markets are abundantly supplied with, horne-killed beef and mutton, and the Board of Trade, therefore, has released much less than the usual quantity of frozen meat. The restrictions on the use of ffrwr for fancy cakes and also sugar hr a seriously affected the demand. A meeting of Covent Garden retailers decided to leruse to seil potatoes on Monday unless the wholesale. puce is ten guineas per ten They __ complain of being charged irom £l4 to £l6. whereas from Monday tfce compels retailers to sell at a maximum of 34d per lb.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4476, 17 February 1917, Page 5
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164BRITISH FOOD RESTRESTIONS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4476, 17 February 1917, Page 5
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