HAUL OF SCRAP METAL

Grey River Argus, 5 June 1942, Page 4

HAUL OF SCRAP METAL

200,000 TONS IN BRITAIN. (Rec. 11.50.) RUGBY, June 4. More than two hundred thousand tons of railings and gates have been collected in Britain, according to the latest official figures. Such metal as this represents the equivalent qt 125.000 “Valentine” tanks or enough scrap metal to manufacture steel for thirteen th'rty-five thousand-ton battleships. The tonnage so far collected is about the original estimate, which is likely to be exceeded. Nearly half of the total so far collected' comes from London.—B.O.W. SOMETHING ROTTEN!

BRITAIN’S FOOD COSTS.

LONDON, June 3.

“There is something rotten in the state of England, where essential foods cost the consumer between two and five times what is paid to the I producer,” said Lord Bled’sloe, in the I Lords. He added thoi there was no I country in the world where, under normal conditions, there was a larger spread between the producer’s re;wc"d and the consumer’s cost. Lord Tevio.t. jdeclaifed that food-* stuffs d’stribU'tion costs were excessive. High prices were leading to malnutrition. The retailer was not to blame- Those handling the food between the producer and the retailer should be dealt with.