RATIONING SCHEME

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24598, 1 June 1943, Page 4

RATIONING SCHEME

SUPPLIERS' DIFFICULTIES HEAVY DAILY CONSUMPTION A tribute to the manner in which Aucklanders had received the milk 1 rationing scheme was paid by the chairman "of the Auckland Metropolitan Milk ' Council, Mr. 1. J. Goldstine, at a meeting of the council last night. In a verbal report Mr. Goldstine said that, having regard to the great number of households concerned, complaints had been negligible, indicating that consumers recognised the difficulties of the council and of suppliers caused by the long dry I spell, lack of fertilisers, and other . factors. It was hoped that it would prove possible to get through without another [ cut, Mr. Goldstine continued. As yet it , was not possible to give any indication , of the probable duration of the short- ! age, as the council had no knowledge i of how cows were coming in on the ; farms. However, from a survey of a number of farms it appeared that cows 1 were a month to six weeks late in calv- • ing this season, and the same appeared 1 to be the case in the Waikato. As far as the actual application of ' the rationing was concerned, there were . bound to be some inequalities, and it would take a little time to iron them 1 out. The council's officers were doing 1 their best, and there was no doubt that any anomalies would be satisfactorily . adjusted. Discussing the causes of the shortage, Mr. Goldstine emphasised the fact that consumption had increased 7000 gallons a day compared with four years ago. The armed forces alone were consuming over 5000 gallons a day. It therefore would be readily appreciated that with this large increase in daily consumption it was extremely difficult to meet, all the demands in full. DUMPING OF PRODUCE PUNISHMENT DEMANDED (0.C.) WANGANUI. Monday "Any person who destroys and any person who authorises or 'directs the destruction of fruit, vegetables and produce fit tor human consumption, whether by dumping, neglect, ploughing—in or in any other manner, shall be guilty of an offence, punishable on indictment, by a term of imprisonment." This resolution was passed at a representative meeting of women's organisations in Wanganui. The resolution is to be forwarded to Mr. J. B. Cotterell, M.P. for Wanganui, and to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Eraser. Mrs. tJlric Williams asked that the resolution should not be made as a request, but as being the meeting's wish'that Mr Cotterell should take the matter up as member for the district and a servant of the people. POWER FOR INCUBATORS With tho approach of the chickenhatching season, which continued until the end of October, stated a resolution carried at a meeting last night of the Auckland Provincial Poultrykeepers' Association, members viewed with great concern a possible shortage of electric power and requested the Minister of Marketing, the Hon. ,T. G. Barclay, to bring the matter to the notice of the War Cabinet. It was emphasised by one speaker that a power failure at a time when incubators and brooders were in use would not only have a serious effecton next season's egg production, but would also force some of the smaller producers out. of the industry.