MORE MUNITIONS

Grey River Argus, 1 February 1944, Page 2

MORE MUNITIONS

Dob: You know. Jim, winning a war means a lot more than having enough men and guns and tanks and aeroplanes. Jijn: But those are the main things, aren’t they ? ■Bob: One thing’s .been left out—the most important munition of war. Have you ever thought about food ? Jim: Food? How do you come to include food among munitions ? Munitions mean guns and that sort of thing. Bob: You can’t fight a war without food, Jim, any more than you can fight it without guns. J'im: You’re right there, but we’ve got plenty of food anyway. Bob: Plenty in New Zealand, but the fighting is a. long w'ay from New Zealand. And food isn’t too plentiful in those parts. It’s all got to come from places like New Zealand—thousands of miles away. Jim: You mean the fighting in Europe ? Bob: I’m thinking most of Britain where they’re getting ready for the great invasion. All the men of the armies being assembled there, all the people working in the factories to make the things those armies need—.they’ve all got to be fed properly if they are to do their job. Jim: And they depend on us? Bob: Of course they do. Britain can’t grow enough food to feed them all. She imported most of her food even in peacetime. Her people are on pretty short commons now. Most of what they need must come from overseas, and more and more of that has to be from New Zealand. Jim: Well, we can spare it. We could probably snare .a bit more if we had to. Bob: Of course we could. Every carcase of mutton and every pound of butter we send makes sure of another knock fob -the Nazis.