SHIPMENTS MAY CEASE
AUSTRALIAN FOOD FOR BRITAIN London, Feb. 12. ' The opinion is freely expressed in trade circles that all food shipments' from Australia to Britain will soon : virtually cease as a result of the war , in the Pacific, where ships are more! needed than ever to supply the armies and maintain the flow of munitions to; Britain. The heavy toll by U-boats ! r‘ the American coast hr s accentuated | the shortage. Britain’s food stocks are reported to j be very large but the alternative to \ depleting the reserves to a danger level j would be very severe rationing, which i the nation is preparing to face. —P.A. j
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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109SHIPMENTS MAY CEASE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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