FOOD STOCKS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23772, 27 September 1940, Page 8

FOOD STOCKS

POSITION IN BRITAIN MORE LIMITED CHOICE EXPLANATION BY MINISTER By Telegraph'—Press Association—Copyright British "Wireless LONDON, Sept. 25 The Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, explaining changes in food rations, in a broadcast speech, warned listeners in the following words: —"During the second year of war, you must not expect to have all the things to choose from that we have had in the first year. "I am sure that when you realise that, quite suddenly, we lost all our 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 we could expect." Talking of tho second year of war. Lord Woolton said: "You will have enough to oat, but I shall have to ask you to bo 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, we are now having to bring butter from tho Southern Hemisphere instead of from Denmark. Supplies 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 new stocks of butter arrive.

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

"There need be no doubts and no questionings that the food services of this country will see us through," Lord Woolton concluded, "and I know that the women of this country will not be failiug in care and consideration in helping to do it."

LOCAL DEFENCE CORPS ENLISTMENT AT SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Sept. 25 The Government of the Straits Settlements has issued plans for the formation of a Local Defence Corps on a voluntary basis. British subjects and British-protected persons are eligible.