BRITISH PEOPLE
MI ST 1.1 VH HARDER
LONDON, December 2. Lord Wool ton. Food Minister, in a ( speech, said: “We must live harder. ! YVV must use Home produce to the maximum, imparling only necessary supplementary stocks of food:; that already have been bought and are now j lyinv. in all parts ol the world. i “We need more ships, and we must increase our ships’ usefulness by at j least ten per cent. We cannot afford to bring in things that are not essential to the war. That is why I have cub out the imports of all fruits, exi oept oranges, and also all canned traits, j “My Christmas box to you is an un- ! dinfinixhed meat ration, which ration I will, however, be smaller in the near I future. You may also Lave less bacon, ! from time to time, than you now are i receiving.” ' Lord Wool ton added that in order I to take the offensive \te should have i the use for military purposes of part | of that great mercantile fleet which > brought us food from afar. ( 1940 had ,; found Britain taking it. but 1941 [ would find Britain giving it back with ! interest. As we begin to take the ! offensive, the world will cheer up.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1940, Page 2
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