BRITISH FOOD SUPPLIES
SHORTAGE OF POTATOES.
(Published in The Times.). -,.
LONDON, Feb. io. The shortage of potatoes. is the first sign of lack 1 of food; in Britain. Statist tdcians are suggesiiiig a potafoless day. ; Butter has reached a record, new Zealand butter realising. 2285. (PRIdE OF (POTATOES'. (Australian and N.Z., Cable Association and Renter, i (Rec. Feb. 19, 10 a.m.) m LONDON, Feb. Oft. - Frost is reducing stocks and interfering with the distribution oT potatoes. The War Cabinet, after conferring with wholesalers \-and retailers,, decidedthat growers were entitled to charge dealers until the end of March 180s a ton and thereafter 200s. Growers and others are to charge retailers'2lo until the end, of JMareh, thereafter 2305. The retailers' -price" is l£d to the end of 'March and l|d' thereafter to the end/ of June. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF FOOD PRODUCTION. • (Rec. Feb. 19, 10.10 ».m.) LONDON, Feb. 16. The president of the Board of Agriculture has appointed Mr Arthur Lee (Director-General of Food Production.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 19 February 1917, Page 5
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