Food for Britain In Second Year

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 230, 28 September 1940, Page 3

Food for Britain In Second Year

RUGBY, Sept. 25. The Minister of Food, Lord Wooltan, in explaining the changes in the food rations in a broadcast speech, warned his listeners: “During the second year of tho war you must not expect to have all the things to choose from that you have had in the first year. I am sure that, when you realise that quite suddenly we lost'all the supply of butter, eggs, bacon and condensed milk that used to come from other sources of supply—Holland and Denmark—you will agree that during this last year we have had everything that we could expect. ’’

Talking of the second year of the war, Lord Wooltan said: “You will have enough to eat, but I shall have to ask you to be prepared for temporary

changes from time to time. If you cannot have one thing, we will give you another; we must be flexible. For example, wo are now having to bring butter from the Southern Hemisphere instead of from Denmark. Supplies will begin to arrive about November, and our stocks in this country are running down a bit, so I ask you to use a little more margarine until the new stocks of butter arrive.

“Our meat stocks, on the other hand, are really very good, and, ■while continuing to bo prudent, we can release a bit more so that, for a time, you will be able to have 2s 2d worth on each coupon. ”

Lord Wooltan concluded: “ There need be no doubts and no questioning that the food services of this country

will see us through, and I know that the women of this country will not be failing in care and consideration in helping them to do it.”